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Deans & Legal Education
A Selected Bibliography
October 2008

Introduction
Accreditation Issues
Admissions
Advice
Diversity
External Deaning
Fiscal Issues
International Law School Constituencies
Law School Mission
Leadership
Legal Education

Public/Private
Reflections
Resignations/Retirements
Strategic Planning
Miscellaneous New Programs/Specific Events

Admissions

Saul Levmore, Surprising Admissions , 34 U. T ol . L. R ev . 113 (2002).
The author writes about surprising experiences with the admission process.

Jerry R. Parkinson, Admissions after Grutter , 35 U. T ol . L. R ev . 159 (2003).
The author considers law schools' continued heavy reliance on “the numbers” – LSAT scores and undergraduate GPA – and the impact that reliance has on diversity in admissions.

Rennard Strickland, Rethinking Fairness, Diversity, and Appropriate Test Use in Law School Admission Models: Observations of an Itinerant Dean , 31 U. T ol . L. R ev . 743 (2000).
The author offers his thoughts on how to achieve fairness and diversity in the admissions process, while relying less on the current numbers-driven approach.