In Fall 2010, I became one of the first tenured professors in the nation to hold a deanship dedicated exclusively to diversity in a school of law. As the Associate Dean of Institutional Diversity and Inclusiveness at the University of Denver’s Sturm College of Law ("SCOL"), I am charged with strengthening access to the legal academy, particularly among, but not limited to, students and faculty of color. This Essay describes the evolution of my role and the seven principles that currently guide student pipeline and recruitment efforts at the SCOL. These principles help the SCOL focus those efforts, work strategically, and increase the likelihood that desired outcomes will be achieved. I conclude by offering three examples of efforts undertaken by the SCOL in the first six months of my se...
Communities may not be getting the protection they hoped new sex offender laws would afford. They also may not be able to afford the costs of some of the solutions. The enactment and impacts of sex offender laws are explored in a new book by Charles Patrick Ewing, a forensic psychologist, attorney and SUNY distinguished service professor at the University at Buffalo Law School.
Introduction - II. The professional lawyer - A. Defining professionalism - B. Individual benefits of professionalism - III. Professionalism and law-school socialization - IV. The professional law-school culture - V. Conclusion
Through a case-study of the New Haven Public School System, this Article examines the relationship between formal law and local school discipline policies. By investigating two key areas governed by state law-zero tolerance and suspension policy-it illustrates that, while formal law has agenda-setting and accountability roles, social norms within schools play a far more important role than law in the governance of school discipline.
The troubling news about law school and the legal business only seems to get worse. The average student considering law school will graduate with more than $100,000 in debt; graduates in 2010 faced the worst job market since the mid-1990s while their median starting salary dropped.
MORGANTOWN - Even when WVU's wide receivers and special teams coach Daron Roberts had a master's degree and was working to finish coursework at Harvard Law School, he would look past a career in corporate law and lock his gaze on a retirement plan. I was going to coach football at Mount Pleasant High School," said Roberts, the latest and final addition to West Virginia football's coaching staff.
When most of the class of 2011 applied for law school, the legal market was booming. But by the time they embarked on their legal education in the fall of 2008, it became abundantly clear that the economy had tanked, and law firms began cutting jobs left and right.
After an uproar over law schools trying to game the ranking system, U.S. News & World Report changed how it calculated and presented its annual law school rankings. But, at least in Missouri, the trends in the rankings of recent years continued. The University of Missouri continued a dramatic three-year slide, and The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law remained steady in the top 20, according to the rankings released last week.
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