Louise Harmon is a retired law professor, with a JD, a gratuitous PhD in philosophy, and two master’s degrees. She has written numerous scholarly writings and published short stories with The Legal Studies Forum, including one on the history of the Litchfield Law School. Her two published books are: Fragments on the Deathwatch, Beacon Press, and Cultivating Intelligence: Law, Power, and the Politics of Teaching with Deborah Post, New York University Press. She lives in northwest Connecticut and frequently visits the graves of Tapping Reeve and Sarah Pierce, the two innovative educators who made Litchfield a center of learning during the years of the Early Republic.