AB INITIO - THE BIRTH OF A LAW SCHOOL
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Starting a law school from scratch is a daunting undertaking. But new law schools are coming into being at a consistent, even rapid, pace. What challenges do these institutions face? How do their administrators, faculty and students overcome the hurdles which inevitably stand in the way of pedagogical and professional success?

In early 2000, JURIST invited David T. Link, former Dean of the University of Notre Dame Law School and founding Dean of the University of St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to write a series of columns chronicling the course of his new institution from its inception, through the hiring of its faculty and the admission of its first law students, to the start of its first classes in fall 2001. In the series so far...
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