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Due Process

Without dealing with the precise
procedures, let me also say that it is
my opinion, and it accords with the
opinion of four other lawyers whom
I respect, that the procedures used
in a so-called honor trial more than
comport with the fundamental
fairness and due process of law that
the United States Constitution
requires.

Finally, I think we ought to
have respect and maximum
freedom for each student and
faculty member to do as he sees fit
within a very broad curriculum.
These educational opportunities,
these living opportunities, the
avoidance of becoming a
multiversity, all of this is going to
begin or has begun already at the
University of Virginia. I think these
developments are all grounded in
the community of mutual trust,
which the Honor System does so
much to foster. It is in such a
community, motivated by such a
spirit of honor, if you will, that I
believe each of us can aid the other
in reaching his maximum personal
fulfillment. Such elevation of the
spirit should be the touchstone for
every future development at this
University.

Whitebread The Lawyer: Meditations On A Narrow System