Eating Our Cake and Having it, Too: Why Real Change is so Difficult in Law Schools

Rapoport, Nancy B.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.703843

Download This Paper

Open PDF in Browser

Add Paper to My Library

Eating Our Cake and Having it, Too: Why Real Change is so Difficult in Law Schools

Indiana U School of Law Symposium on the Next Generation of Law School Rankings Paper

Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 81, p. 359, 2006

16 Pages Posted: 20 Apr 2005

See all articles by Nancy B. Rapoport

Nancy B. Rapoport

University of Nevada, Las Vegas, William S. Boyd School of Law

Abstract

This essay discusses the experiences of one law school trying to integrate the rankings into its strategic plan. It discusses the intersection of considerations designed to improve the rankings with considerations designed to improve the school as a whole, and it mentions the difficulties inherent in strategic planning in an academic environment.

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Rapoport, Nancy B., Eating Our Cake and Having it, Too: Why Real Change is so Difficult in Law Schools. Indiana U School of Law Symposium on the Next Generation of Law School Rankings Paper, Indiana Law Journal, Vol. 81, p. 359, 2006, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=703843 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.703843