Deans’ Leadership in Education Symposium Features Article by C|M|LAW Prof. Phyllis Crocker

Each year, the University of Toledo Law Review publishes its Deans’ Leadership in Legal Education Symposium. The twelfth annual issue has just come out, and it features an article by Prof. Phyllis Crocker entitled The Paradox of Being an Interim Dean: The Permanent Nature of a Transitory Position, 43 U. Tol. L. Rev. 319 (2013). Prof. Crocker’s concluding advice to interim deans and interim deans-to-be is to “embrace the position, be respectful of its limitations, but find ways to make it your own.” Other articles in the symposium are –

  • Linda L. Ammons (Widener), Seasons & Sea Changes: Weathering the Storm, An Encouraging Tale, 43 U. Tol. L. Rev. 299 (2013)
  • Annette E. Clark (St. Louis), Postscript to a Deanship, 43 U. Tol. L. Rev. 303 (2013)
  • R. Lawrence Dessem (Missouri-Columbia), Stepping Aside as a Dean, 43 U. Tol. L. Rev. 327 (2013)
  • I. Richard Gershon (Mississippi), In Ten Years, All New Schools!, 43 U. Tol. L. Rev. 335 (2013)
  • Robert H. Jerry, II (Florida), Leadership and Followership, 43 U. Tol. L. Rev. 345 (2013)
  • Susan Poser (Nebraska), Inside the Star Chamber: A Dean’s Reflections on Central Administration, 43 U. Tol. L. Rev. 355 (2013)
  • Emily A. Spieler (Northeastern), The Paradox of Access to Civil Justice: The “Glut” of New Lawyers and the Persistence of Unmet Need, 43 U. Tol. L. Rev. 365 (2013)