How does the narcissism of the dean manifest itself? All I glean from the article is that the faculty doesn't like it. I did understand the objection to deans who have contempt for any or all of their faculty. But, although contempt may not be the right response, tenure means that some profs ceased their scholarly activity during the Carter administration. Although these often pride themselves on their teaching and on their accessibility to (hot, female) students, the material they put on course reserve all date back to their own law school days.
"As Professor Ron Krotoszynski (Washington &Lee University School of Law, but visiting at Alabama this year) said, a dean can get away with holding her faculty (individually or collectively) in contempt, but she better not show it. I might add an addendum to this sentiment: a dean might place her own personal interests ahead of the institution's interests, but she had better not reveal that bias either."
What's with the odd use of gender. Did I miss something in the article? Or was Krotoszynski speaking about a particular dean? The "she" caused me to go back and look for a female name in the piece,
Almost anyone at UNC will tell you Gene Nichol was a great law dean. For what they are worth, the rankings since he left would support that opinion. I assume you (like many others) have a problem with his tenure as president of William &Mary. But hey, why let the facts get in the way of snark.
Le Messurier:
It has been a while since I was in law school. But, as I recall, the unwritten rule is that every hypothetical judge or professor, or any other person of respectable authority must be female.
"Since the dawning of the Political Correctness era, the male has ceased to embrace the female. I see not everyone has accepted this stylebook change."
Being old enough to have seen numerous "eras" come and go I find it convenient to accept stylebook changes only upon the passing of epochs, when their durability and longevity are more assured. Otherwise, I'm wasting my time trying to keep up with fads.
What's with the odd use of gender. Did I miss something in the article? Or was Krotoszynski speaking about a particular dean? The "she" caused me to go back and look for a female name in the piece,
Almost anyone at UNC will tell you Gene Nichol was a great law dean. For what they are worth, the rankings since he left would support that opinion. I assume you (like many others) have a problem with his tenure as president of William &Mary. But hey, why let the facts get in the way of snark.
It has been a while since I was in law school. But, as I recall, the unwritten rule is that every hypothetical judge or professor, or any other person of respectable authority must be female.
Just kidding. Kinda.
Since the dawning of the Political Correctness era, the male has ceased to embrace the female. I see not everyone has accepted this stylebook change.
Being old enough to have seen numerous "eras" come and go I find it convenient to accept stylebook changes only upon the passing of epochs, when their durability and longevity are more assured. Otherwise, I'm wasting my time trying to keep up with fads.
Our dean, Taylor Revely, could not be more of a southern gentleman.