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Struggling law school seeks to reinvent itself

Inside Higher Ed

South Royalton’s main claim to fame, however, is that it is home to the Green Mountain State’s only law school. Vermont Law School has doled out juris doctor degrees to students from across New England and beyond since 1972. Vermont Law School is no different. Interest in J.D.

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Association of American Law Schools President Speaks on Cooperative Politics

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Alexander has always been interested in the realms of law, politics, and democracy. He said it was one of the reasons he went to law school. So much of my career I did my scholarship in the field of election law,” said Alexander, the Arthur J. Kania Dean and Professor of Law at Villanova University.

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Emerging leaders: 4 colleges hire their first Black or female—or both—president

University Business

The president-elect currently serves as co-chair of the Board of Directors of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law and sits on the board of the Law School Admissions Council. She also earned awards with the Association of American Law Schools and the National Bar Association, to name a few honors. “I

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Acting in the Best Interest of the Institution

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Learning Leadership by Example In describing his leadership style, President Welch recalled a few pivotal moments early in his academic career: “I was going to go to law school to be a politician. I had been president of the student body in high school, and then I became president of the student body at the University of Arkansas.

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Christopher Edley, Prominent Legal Scholar, Passes Away

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Edley spent more than two decades as a professor at Harvard Law School, where he and Orfield founded the Civil Rights Project in the aftermath of a 1996 court ruling that squelched race-conscious admission policies at many universities. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled against the UT practices. Orrick, Jr.

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Why Worry?

Inside Higher Ed

Following the 2008 Great Recession, lesser funded institutions all across the country cleaned house. “There’s a lot of graduate education and a lot of research, and that’s where a lot of the staff and administrators are.” ” Still, what we are witnessing is a deepening divide.

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HEI Resources 2025

Higher Education Inquirer

Failing Law Schools. Exploring the Heritage of American Higher Education: The Evolution of Philosophy and Policy. Universities in the Marketplace : The Commercialization of Higher Education. Princeton University Press. Bousquet, M. How the University Works: Higher Education and the Low Wage Nation. Brennan, J & Magness, P.

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