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36 Syllabus 1 (2004-2005)

handle is hein.journals/syllabus36 and id is 1 raw text is: Volume 36, Number 1 September 2004 YLLABUi American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar Message from the New Section Chairperson By Honorable Elizabeth B. Lacy C ouncil tradition calls for a member of the judiciary to serve as Chairperson of the Council every third year. This year I am the beneficiary of that tradition. Any qualifications I have to be caretaker of this position arise from what I have learned over the past ten years from my colleagues on the Council, representatives of sister organi- zations, mem- bers of site teams, and those adminis- trators, staff, professors, and students I have met in the law schools. My immediate predeces- sors, Pauline Schneider, Tom Sullivan, and Chief Justice Jerry VandeWalle have provided exam- ples of steady leadership, allowing the Council to focus on the mat- ters at hand without distraction or rancor. I am grateful to all those who have contributed to my education and am hopeful that, a year from now, I will have earned a passing grade. I view this post in terms of a presiding officer because in my experience the Section has moved forward, not by force of any single person or officer, but through the continuous exchange of ideas, opinions, and experi- ences of all Section members in both formal and informal set- tings. The efforts of the Council members, the consultant, deputy consultants, the staff, and the committee members have com- bined to continue the mission of the Section to ensure the delivery of quality legal education. Because the accreditation function is the most visible of the Section's activities, the work of the Accreditation and Standards Review Committees is the most obvious. As a result, the work of the Section's 26 other commit- tees, with approximately 250 members, is sometimes over- looked or underplayed. These other committees, however, make significant contributions to the accreditation process and the quality of legal education. One of the newest committees, the Joint Working Group, was established in 2003 in coopera- tion with the National Conference of Bar Examiners, the Association Continued on page 27 Provisional Approval for Two Florida Schools By Joe Puskarz During the August ABA 5 Annual Meeting in Atlanta, UGeorgia, the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association concurred with the action of the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, in granti- ng provisional approvals to Florida A&M University College of Law and Florida International University College of Law. In the spring of 2002, the Florida legislature unanimously approved a bill creating and funding the Florida Inter- national University College of Law. In the fall of 2002, the school enrolled its first class of students of 113. The school enrolled 228 students in fall Continued on page 28 INSIDE: 1 Annual Meeting 1 Wrapup 1 4 Law Forum Educates Scholastic Students 1 8 Adopted Standards ,Changes

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