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Harvard Caves to New York Post Pressure Over Honoring Bronx Lawyer

Andy Cush · 02/19/15 06:42PM

Robin Steinberg, executive director of the Bronx Defenders, is widely recognized as being extraordinarily good at her job—which is providing criminal defense to those who can't afford it in New York City's poorest borough. But if you're not a criminal justice wonk or civil rights activist, you likely know her chiefly because of a controversial music video in which two of her employees appeared recently. Harvard Law School planned to recognize Steinberg at an event honoring dozens of notable women lawyers next month, but backed out this week after a hit piece about the video in the New York Post.