Harvard Law Opts for Virtual Classes to Limit Coronavirus Spread

Harvard Law School will shift from in-person instruction to remote classes beginning on March 23, immediately following the school’s spring break, in order to limit the possible spread of coronavirus.

President Larry Bacow announced the policy, which applies to the law school and the rest of the Cambridge, Mass., university’s students, on Tuesday.

“The decision to move to virtual instruction was not made lightly,” Bacow wrote in a letter to the Harvard community. “The goal of these changes is to minimize the need to gather in large groups and spend prolonged time in close proximity with each other in ...