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October 11, 2005
Ideological Uniformity at American Law Schools
He's got a point--the same point that I often illustrate with the fact that I, who consider myself a middle-of-the-spectrum Democrat, am the faculty adviser to the Carolina Law School Republicans Society. (When my colleague Ron Link retired a couple of years back, we lost our one registered Republican. I guess the students figured that my relatively moderate politics were at least faux-Republican, if not the real thing. Any port in a storm.)
Posted by Eric at October 11, 2005 8:32 AM
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Eric, I'm sad to see that Ron Link retired. He was my small section professor in 1990 (1L Property) and I also took his estate planning seminar. Ron was a great professor and did a good job of building relationships with his students in the classroom and outside the classroom.
As a Carolina grad, I think it is unfortunate that there is not one Republican on the faculty. When I was a student, a good percentage of the student body was Republican and North Carolina is a reliably red state. Why do you think there are no Republican faculty? Is it that few Republicans desire law professorships so there is a limited pool, is it the quality of the Republican applicants, or some other factors?
Posted by: Eric Virgil at October 11, 2005 6:01 PM
When your party leadership and party platform attack lawyers, blaming them for most of the world's ills, it's hard to attract those who aren't focused on cashing in on the tax breaks. And law schools just can't compete with Halliburton on salary.
Posted by: Mojo at October 11, 2005 6:50 PM
Why Times Select messes with my head part 74:
On campus, it's cheaper and easier to get to the column via lexis-nexis:
Where Cronies Dwell
I think having an article published in Reason makes Eric netural enough, though being an out Libertarian could get him run out of town like Michael Munger. Of course that was only as far department chair of some place in Durham, so maybe that could be a good career move...
Posted by: Simon Spero at October 12, 2005 7:08 PM