Russell Weaver has an interesting post on the problem of the narcissistic law dean.
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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.