The fictitious Harvard Professor is Kingsfield. For those who are interested, please click on this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOWgTtSiVwA to watch the clip on Youtube. @ 0.03, Kingsfield says: "The study of law is something new and unfamiliar to most of you, unlike any other schooling that you have ever known before." In Rumpole's class, there were some "bright scholars" from Hwa Chong who, being teleported from an environment of "memorise and regurgitate" to one of "critical thinking", struggled to survive. Rumpole knows of at least one Hwa Chong "bright spark" who quit law school in the second year out of despair and desperation. @ 0.53, Professor Kingsfield strikes again with: "You teach yourselves the law, but I train your minds. You come in here with a skull full of mush and if you survive, you leave thinking like a lawyer." This comment on Youtube is succinct and pertinent and Rumpole could not have said it better: "Thinking like a lawyer" means that your mind is trained to be logical, compare issues, analyze facts instead of fiction, reason instead of emotion, be sharp and undestand the gray areas and nuances of human interaction, be able to think on your feet and perform under pressure, these qualities were not only good in the 70's but today. It's funny how some people put lawyers down but when they need to right a wrong they seek a lawyer right away.