This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Legal Education

Jan. 18, 2022

How President Trump reminded us of the value of a legal education

With the election of Donald Trump, law school deans experienced something extraordinary that goes to the very core of the mission of law schools.

Kevin R. Johnson

Kevin is Dean and Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Professor of Chicana/o Studies
UC Davis School of Law

Phone: (530) 752-8047

Harvard Univ Law School

See more...

Law school deans often spend their days thinking about rather ordinary matters, such as tuition and finances, admissions, law student job placement, school rankings, and bar passage rates. But with the election of Donald Trump, deans experienced something extraordinary that goes to the very core of the mission of law schools.

Over four tumultuous and contentious years, President Donald J. Trump's approach to governing, perhaps unintention...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up