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U.S. News U.: Or, The Fighting Volunteer Hurricanes, R. Lawrence Dessem
U.S. News U.: Or, The Fighting Volunteer Hurricanes, R. Lawrence Dessem
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A great deal of controversy, catcalling, and consternation has greeted the rankings of law schools by U.S. News and World Report each spring. In their efforts to place higher in these rankings, law schools have engaged in massive public relations wars, misrepresented data, and done other bad and stupid things.
Unsolicited Advice To Law School Dean Search Committees, R. Lawrence Dessem
Unsolicited Advice To Law School Dean Search Committees, R. Lawrence Dessem
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A true bounty of opinion, anecdotes, and advice has been offered by many outstanding deans in these symposia in recent years. By and large, these deans have focused on the art of deaning, which is to be expected. But in addition to their experiences and observations concerning deaning, law school deans are also uniquely situated to provide insights concerning a related topic: the dean search process. This I take as the subject of the current article. As these symposia contemplate, the present article is informal in tone and is based upon my own experiences both as a law school dean …
Imagine: A Comment On "A Liberal Education In Law", Melody Richardson Daily
Imagine: A Comment On "A Liberal Education In Law", Melody Richardson Daily
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While I was impressed with Professor Parker's paper for many reasons, to me her single most striking assertion is this: "Practicing law--and learning law-is at heart an imaginative enterprise."' It is a sentence that should be carved above the entrance to every law school. Few practicing attorneys would disagree with Professor Parker's observation. After all, if imagination is the ability to deal creatively with reality, then imagination is essential for each of the ten fundamental lawyering skills listed in the MacCrate Report. For example, no lawyer can succeed in problem-solving without first engaging in the process of imagining multiple possible …