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35 Syllabus 1 (2003-2004)

handle is hein.journals/syllabus35 and id is 1 raw text is: Volume 35, Number I September 2003 American B L LA and Admissions to the Bar Amercan ar Association Section of Legal EducationanAdisostthBr Is There a Disconnect Between the Academy and the Private Practice of Law? By Pauline A. Schneider, Chairperson n this, my first column as the new chairperson of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, I want to thank a few folks and share some observations from my perspective as a private practitioner who has spent a significant portion of the past 15 years looking at legal education through both the accreditation lens and practic- ing lawyer's periscope. It is fitting that I begin by acknowledging my predecessor, Tom Sullivan, for his stellar leadership of the Section this past year. Tom has been a stal- wart in legal education for many years and I thank him for his ser- vice and for providing sound guid- ance and thoughtful direction to the Council. I also thank the Nominating Committee and mem- bers of the Section for your vote of support in electing me. Finally, I applaud the hard working, dedi- cated staff in the Consultant's Office and the Consultant, John Sebert, for their efforts in support of legal education and admissions to the bar. Those of us who are the volunteers in this effort under- stand that we could not do our jobs without them. As August came to a close and September descended upon us, ads in the newspapers announc- ing Back to School Sale sig- naled that another school year was upon us. As a non-academic, I was reminded that I look to external indicia of the arrival of a new academic year, and not to the eager faces of students in a classroom or mingling in the hallways outside the faculty lounge or the dean's office. This reminder also caused me to reflect, not for the first time, on some of the differences between the academy and the private practice of law and to wonder again if there may be a discon- nect between what goes on in the hallowed halls of America's law schools and what the reality is in law offices, whether private, cor- porate or governmental, across the nation today. Let me explain. I begin with how our students are taught and by whom because I sense that this is where the dis- Continued on page 26 Provisional Approval for St. Thomas By Joe Puskarz, Editor uring the ABA Annual Meeting, 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 grant- ing provisional approval to St. Thomas School of Law in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The law school operates a full- time law program and teaches Continued on page 27 INSIDE: 8 Pro Bono Is Good for Students 1 4Loyola-Chicago Law Dean Receives Kutak Award 20 Changes to ABA Standards

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