Harvard Law Bars Service Recruiters

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard Law School returned to a policy Tuesday that keeps the military from recruiting on campus.

Elena Kagan, the school’s dean, said Monday’s federal court decision allowing colleges and universities to bar recruiters without fear of losing federal money allowed Harvard to again enforce its nondiscrimination policy without exception.

Harvard has said the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy is discriminatory because it prevents gays and lesbians from serving in the armed forces.

In 2002, the Pentagon told Harvard and other schools that the government would begin enforcing a law, called the Solomon Amendment, which permitted the Defense Department to deny funds to colleges and universities that restricted military recruiting or ROTC on campus.