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Deans & Legal Education
A Selected Bibliography
October 2008

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Miscellaneous

Jeffrey A. Brauch, The Dean and Family Life , 36 U. T ol . L. R ev . 11 (2004).
The author shares the choices he made to balance family life and the responsibilities of being a dean.

Roland A. Cass & John H. Garvey, Law School Leviathan: Expanding Administrative Growth , 35 U. T ol . L. R ev . 37 (2003).
The authors offer five explanations and three theories to explain why growth in the numbers of law school administrators has outpaced growth in those of faculty and students.

R. Lawrence Dessem, Tim , 36 U. T ol . L. R ev . 43 (2004).
The author reflects on the life and deanship of Tim Heinz, who died unexpectedly at age 56, after serving thirteen years as dean of the University of Missouri-Columbia Law School.

Darby Dickerson, Cyberbullies on Campus , 37 U. T ol . L. R ev . 51 (2005).
The author sounds the alarm about the problems of cyber bullies so that the risks associated with this form of bullying can be acknowledged and addressed.

John H. Garvey, The Business of Running a Law School , 33 U. T ol . L. R ev . 37 (2001).
The author discusses the various aspects of law school administration that are akin to running a business, including how various departments operate as well as the costs for running an institution and maintaining faculty and programming. He also discusses the unique nature of programs such as legal writing and clinics, and gives strategies for coping with business related issues.

Mark F. Grady, Two Visionary Deans of George Mason Law School , 33 U. T ol . L. R ev . 59 (2001).
The author expounds on the vision of George Mason Law School 's founders and the school's efforts for program development that are consistent with that vision.

Robert H. Jerry, II, A Brief Exploration of Space: Some Observations on Law School Architecture , 36 U. T ol . L. R ev . 85 (2004).
The author writes about why architecture matters, and in law school space in particular.

Paul A. LeBel, Size Matters , 38 U. T ol . L. R ev . 557 (2007).
"Size matters in the administration of law schools,” the author concludes about his experience at one of the nation's smallest law schools. Being small was an advantage in some cases, while in others it presented seemingly insurmountable challenges. On balance, however, the author thinks that the benefits of being small are substantial and otherwise outweigh any disadvantages that could prove disabling.

Richard A. Matasar, A 9/11 Reflection – It's Not Just a Project Anymore , 36 U. T ol . L. R ev . 117 (2004).
The author reflects that, three years after September 11, “I cannot escape the emotional hold of New York Law School . Our community shares a bond…forged by outside events ... tell[ing] us life is not just a project.”

Richard J. Morgan, The Establishment of the William S. Boyd School of Law , 36 U. T ol . L. R ev . 133 (2004).
The author writes about the experience of being the founding dean of the second law school in Nevada .

Burnele V. Powell, The Study of Law “At the Center,” 31 U. T ol . L. R ev . 699 (2000).
The author provides a brief overview of the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law.

W. Taylor Reveley, III, W&M Law School Came First. Why Care? , 35 U. T ol . L. R ev . 185 (2003).
The author reviews the history of the law program at William & Mary and muses on the significance of being the first in a field.

Daniel B. Rodriguez, The Market for Deans , 17 J. Contemp. Legal Issues 121 (2008).
The author offers his perspective on why it is becoming more difficult to conduct a successful dean search and why this should be cause for concern among legal educators.

Kurt L. Schmoke, An Outsider's Way In: The Use of Comparative Election Law , 37 U. T ol . L. R ev . 155 (2005).
“A lawyer is either a social engineer or a parasite on society” said former Howard Law School Dean Charles Hamilton Houston. Current Dean, Kurt Schmoke, writes of his hopes to help students understand the relationship between social engineering and election law by comparing the 2000 election in the US with the less well known 2002 election of the Republic of Madagascar .

Donald J. Weidner, Thoughts on Academic Freedom: Urofsky and Beyond , 33 U. T ol . L. R ev . 257 (2001).
The author briefly examines the history of the legal concept of academic freedom and considers the impact of an upcoming Supreme Court case (at the time).