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Deans & Legal Education
A Selected Bibliography
Steven C. Bahls, Leading Students to Distinguish between Career and Vocation: Reflections from a Lutheran Law School, 35 U. Tol. L. Rev. 11 (2003).
The author argues that law schools (specifically, law deans and faculty) should encourage students to reflect on their vocations as lawyers, assessing their beliefs and values, and then determine how those can best lead them to serve the interests of justice, rather than simply deciding what type of legal career they wish to have. He also discusses the special role of vocational reflection in the Lutheran tradition and outlines five steps in that process.
Nicholas P. Cafardi, Catholic Law Schools and Ex Corde Ecclesiae, Or What Makes a Law School Catholic? 33 U. Tol. L. Rev. 7 (2001).
The author examines what it means to be a Catholic law school and what impact that has on how the school carries out its mission.
John Costonis, One Size Does not Fit All in Law School Leadership Strategies: Top Deans on Benchmarking Success, Incorporating Feedback from Faculty and Students, and Building the Endowment 2006, 101-116 (Inside the Minds Series 2006).
The author cautions against taking a “one size fits all” approach to law school leadership, since the task can vary greatly between public and private schools and between schools with different administrative hierarchies.
Harry J. Haynsworth, The Similarities and Differences Between Independent and University Affiliated Law Schools, 34 U. Tol. L. Rev. 87 (2002).
The title says it all.
Rex R. Perschbacher, The Public Responsibilities of a Public Law School, 31 U. Tol. L. Rev. 693 (2000).
The author discusses some ways in which the educational missions and civic responsibilities of public law schools differ from those of private institutions.
Mack A. Player, Stranger in a Strange Land: Baptist Dean of a Jesuit Law School, 33 U. Tol. L. Rev. 143 (2001).
The author describes the culture and atmosphere of Santa Clara Law School, reflecting on his impressions as a Baptist, of what it means to be a Jesuit law school.
Mark A. Sargent, An Alternative to the Sectarian Vision: The Role of the Dean in an Inclusive Catholic Law School, 33 U. Tol. L. Rev. 171 (2001).
The author discusses changes taking place in Catholic education and advocates using them as an opportunity for serious reconsideration of what it means to be a Catholic law school. He also recommends taking an inclusive approach, which he contrasts with a sectarian approach.
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