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Posted by
sdanzige
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September 14. 2007
Wow, I have to say that I'm stunned by that statement. I thought schools were places for the imparting of knowledge, not political agendas. I was happy to see that the formerly founding dean of UCI's Law School would have been liberal because that aligns with my personal views, but I was overjoyed that he was already putting together what looked like a multi-partisan list of advisors from a wide range of positions in academia, government, and industry. Rather than try to push an agenda, why not let students hear from as many points of view as possible from a diverse faculty and then form their own politics as they see fit?
But on the topic of the rescinded offer, I wouldn't have even given this notice if the offer had never been made, or if the proceedings were called off before contracts were signed, but the timing of this decision lends itself to suggest underhanded dealings. This hiring process, as with all, should be a completely open process. Instead Chancellor Drake has spoiled the law school well before it even opens.
- Matt Aggleton
But on the topic of the rescinded offer, I wouldn't have even given this notice if the offer had never been made, or if the proceedings were called off before contracts were signed, but the timing of this decision lends itself to suggest underhanded dealings. This hiring process, as with all, should be a completely open process. Instead Chancellor Drake has spoiled the law school well before it even opens.
- Matt Aggleton
Posted by
sdanzige
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September 14. 2007
Well, keeping politics out is the correct thing to do when you're talking about a major like physics, where the underlying reality has nothing to do with anyone's opinion.
Because politicians make the laws, and lawyers make up the majority of law-makers you CANNOT separate law from politics. For example, the political leanings of the justices in the supreme court are critical. Therefore politics is relevant to how a law school operates. I'm *assuming* that California law schools tend to be left-wing, and based on that I think it would be healthy to remove the bias by balancing it out.
Because politicians make the laws, and lawyers make up the majority of law-makers you CANNOT separate law from politics. For example, the political leanings of the justices in the supreme court are critical. Therefore politics is relevant to how a law school operates. I'm *assuming* that California law schools tend to be left-wing, and based on that I think it would be healthy to remove the bias by balancing it out.
Posted by
sdanzige
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September 15. 2007
This post was by Sam Danziger
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Orange County is pretty much the only Libertarian/Right Wing part of California. If we had Libertarian/Right Wing law school at UCI, not only would it do a better job of reflecting the culture of Orange County but also it might somewhat balance out the rest of predominantly Left Wing California.
Just think: A whole law school training lawyers to make fewer, less complicated laws.
If there's going to be a huge lawyer surplus in California, then someone is going to have to undo all of the harm these lawyers are going to cause.