don't bother coming down, I made a friend of the Western sky...

As I quipped eariler about SLS Dean Kathleen Sullivan being unable to sit idly by as HLS Dean Elena Kagan made some disparaging remarks about SLS's capacity as a law school, Dean Sullivan has actually responded today in her own email to the SLS community:

Dear Friends:

Welcome back for spring semester and I hope that your re-entry to classes goes well. I know it's been a bit rainy, but look on the bright side--Harvard Law School has had to convert part of its campus into a natural ice skating rink! And here the days are getting longer and the acacia are in bloom. I write with a few local news items and reminders..." (emphasis added)

One friend commented on the puerile nature of this back-and-forth between the two schools. At the very least, it shows that both deans lack confidence in the statures of their schools in the law school world. How unbecoming!