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Dawn Of The Discipline-Based Law Faculty, Lynn M. Lopucki
Dawn Of The Discipline-Based Law Faculty, Lynn M. Lopucki
UF Law Faculty Publications
This Article reports on an empirical study of the prevalence of Ph.D.s on law faculties, the rate at which J.D.-Ph.D.s are being hired by those faculties, the impact of that hiring on faculties’ legal experience levels, and the likely resulting future composition of law faculties. Approximately 29% of the tenure-track faculties of the top twenty-six law schools currently hold Ph.D.s, and 67% of those schools’ entry level hires in 2014 and 2015 are J.D.-Ph.D.s. Recent hiring has separated into two tracks. On the growing J.D.-Ph.D. track, both legal experience and preparation time is declining. On the fading J.D.-only track, legal …
Faculty Ethics In Law School: Shirking, Capture, And "The Matrix", Jeffrey L. Harrison
Faculty Ethics In Law School: Shirking, Capture, And "The Matrix", Jeffrey L. Harrison
UF Law Faculty Publications
The primary focus of this essay is the ethical dimension of the decisions faculty governance requires law professors to make. This essay is devoted to the proposition that conditions are ideal for most law schools to be governed for the benefit of the faculty at the expense of the welfare of students and others (stakeholders) who expect to be served by the law school. This section also suggests that faculty shirking, if it occurs, stems primarily from a lack of respect for those whom the law school serves. Section II addresses the second step. Having described shirking and capture in …
Law School Construction Since 1940 - An Annotated Bibliography, Carol Meyer Bratton, Betty W. Taylor
Law School Construction Since 1940 - An Annotated Bibliography, Carol Meyer Bratton, Betty W. Taylor
UF Law Faculty Publications
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