Law Deans Step Up to Bigger University Roles
An unusually high number of law deans have been named to interim university leadership posts this summer, offering a reminder of the days before legal education's downturn when law deans were frequently chosen to fill provost and president roles.
May 29, 2019 at 02:08 PM
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At least five deans are trading in their law school duties this summer to take on larger roles within their universities—on a temporary basis.
Law deans at the University of Oklahoma, the University of Nebraska, Georgia State University, Santa Clara University, and the University of the Pacific have each been tapped to take on campuswide roles in the interim while permanent replacements are found.
Although the ascension of law deans to university provost and president roles isn't unheard of, it's unusual to see so many law deans elevated to central administration positions in the span of a several months.
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