After months of pushback from its student body, Harvard University officials have decided to replace the school’s shield that features the crest of an 18th century slaveholder. The Huffington Post ...

Harvard Law School will no longer use a seal with the crest of an 18th-century slaveholder who played a key role in the school’s history, following protests from students and professors. The WSJ's Lee ...

A committee made up of faculty, students, alumni, and staff has recommended that Harvard Law School ditch its official shield because of its ties to an 18th-century slaveholder. The committee ...

Harvard Law School officials voted Monday to adopt a lower committee’s recommendation to strip a slave-owning family’s crest as its symbol, The Chicago Tribune reported. The school’s decision comes as ...

Harvard Law School is ditching its official seal, following months of protests urging its removal because of its ties to a slave owner, The Harvard Crimson reported. The Royall family's coat of arms ...

The new design includes Harvard's Latin motto, veritas, over the words lex et iustitia, which mean law and justice. Harvard Law School’s new shield sheds a design that previously attracted controversy ...

Yesterday, the dean of Harvard Law School endorsed a recommendation to change the school's official shield because it contains the crest of Isaac Royall, a slave owner whose endowment of land helped ...

As a Harvard Law School committee was issuing its recommendation March 3 to do away with the institution's controversial seal, the man who helped bring the issue to light was preparing to give a ...

CAMBRIDGE (CBS) -- A group of Harvard Law students are seeking to change the school's seal because of its connection to a slaveholder. The Harvard Law School crest, featuring three stacked wheat ...

It has long appeared in nearly every corner of the prestigious school. But now Harvard Law School's official seal is under heavy scrutiny because it includes elements drawn from a slaveholding ...

The crest of Harvard Law School displays three sheaves of wheat, arranged on a shield. The design is also the coat-of-arms for Isaac Royall Jr., who through his estate helped found the school. Another ...

Harvard Law School is considering changing its official seal, which currently honors a slaveholder who was an early donor to the school. That's in response to student protests. Yesterday, the dean of ...