Many American law schools and particularly those regarded as elite (which isn’t because the legal education is superior but because they admit students with somewhat higher LSAT scores) are in disgrace these days. They have allowed faculty and students who are intent on pushing leftist ideology to take control. They are inhospitable to scholars who don’t agree with the DEI agenda. Alumni are disgusted and donors are backing away.
Is there anything a law-school dean could do to help refurbish the school’s reputation as a place that values scholarship rather than political conformity?
National Association of Scholars (NAS) president Peter Wood has a suggestion — hire Scott Gerber. He explains in this article on Minding the Campus.
Gerber is the professor who was terminated in shocking fashion by Ohio Northern University because he disagreed with the school’s DEI policies. As Wood notes, he is an excellent legal scholar who would be a good addition to the faculty of any law school.
Let’s see if Gerber gets an offer from Harvard, Yale, Penn, Stanford, or any other law school.