The National Jurist has named its 25 finalists for the title of the most influential person in legal education. I am honored and humbled to have been named as a finalist.
These are the finalists, in alphabetical order:
- Catherine Carpenter, Professor, Southwestern Law School
- Paul Campos, Professor, University of Colorado Law School
- Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean, University of California Irvine School of Law
- Jim Chen
- Hiram Chodosh, Dean, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law
- The Faculty of Washington and Lee School of Law
- Bryant Garth, Dean Emeritus and Professor, Southwestern Law School
- John Garvey, Professor, University of New Hampshire School of Law
- Claudio Grossman, Dean, American University Washington College of Law
- Phoebe Haddon, Dean, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
- William Henderson, Professor, Indiana University Maurer School of Law – Bloomington
- Kevin Johnson, Dean, University of California Davis School of Law
- David Levi, Dean, Duke University School of Law
- Lizabeth Moody, Professor and Dean Emeritus, Stetson University College of Law
- Jerry Organ, Professor, University of St. Thomas School of Law — Minneapolis
- John O'Brien, Dean, New England Law Boston
- Sophie Sparrow, Professor, University of New Hampshire School of Law
- Richard Sander, Professor, University of California at Los Angeles School of Law
- Brian Tamanaha, Professor, Washington University School of Law
- William Treanor, Dean and Executive VP, Georgetown University Law Center
- Kyle McEntee, Co-founder, Law School Transparency
- Blake Morant, Dean, Wake Forest University School of Law
- Patricia White, Dean, University of Miami School of Law
- Philip Weiser, Dean, University of Colorado Law School
- Frank H. Wu, Chancellor & Dean, University of California, Hastings College of the Law
Update: Paul Caron of the Tax Law Prof Blog has provided coverage of this list. For me, the honor of being named to this list closes a circle that began when the National Jurist quoted me in an article on change in legal education — like its glacial equivalent, slow to progress but inexorable and epochal in its eventual effect. I do hope to live long enough to see the triumph of reform over reaction.