James Vorenberg (October 1, 1928 – April 12, 2000) was the Roscoe Pound Professor of Law and Dean of Harvard Law School, former Watergate Associate Special Prosecutor, and first chair of the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission.
[1] Born in Boston, Massachusetts,[2][3] Vorenberg attended Harvard College, from which he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1948, and Harvard Law School, from which he earned the Juris Doctor degree in 1951.
In his first year at Harvard Law, he achieved the highest grades in his class and was awarded the Sears Prize.
In 1973, he served as principal assistant to Archibald Cox in the Watergate Special Prosecutor's Office.
[7] "I've tried to encourage students to follow diverse, varied patterns out of law school," Vorenberg told The New York Times in 1989.