Panel begins search for
interim law school dean
An interim dean for the University law school should be
appointed within the next three weeks to replace Dean Der
rick Bell, who resigned Feb. 7, says Dick Hill, provost and
vice president for academic affairs.
Five faculty members and two law school students were
appointed to advise Hill on the selection of an interim dean,
who will direct the school during the 1985-86 school year
while a nationwide search is conducted for a permanent
dean, Hill says.
All full-time, tenured law school faculty members who
will be in residence next year will comprise a pool of poten
tial candidates for the temporary position. Thirteen faculty
members meet these criteria, Hill says.
Hill says he received early feedback from students but
hopes for more input in providing information to the commit
tee members about the candidates.
Bell says he has hopes as to who will be appointed in
terim dean, although he is not involved in the selection
process.
A law school committee composed of faculty members
and students is in the process of being formed to provide an
official organ through which the results of the various studies
and reports can be processed and evaluated, Bell says.
Bell says he will take a leave of absence after fall term
next year, possibly as a visiting scholar at another university,
although he will retain his professorship within the law
school.
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disagreement about the nature
of the situation,” Hill says.
“But I don’t believe the can
didate’s race or sex was of fun
damental concern. The basic
concern was, in fact, over the
qualification of the candidate.”
But the question needs to be
raised about whether the
substantial objection rule
should play a part in the hiring
process of any University
department or school, Okahara
says.
‘ ‘There has to be some type of
guideline as to how many peo
ple constitute substantial objec
tion,” Okahara says. “This cur
rently doesn’t exist — it’s all
based on the traditions of the
faculty.”
The substantial objection rule
is administered by the dean,
who has the authority to deter
mine substantial objection in
terms of numbers and the
substance of the objections, he
says.
‘‘It’s hard to articulate
something that’s not written,”
Okahara says.
Hill agrees that some
parameters must exist if the
substantial objection process is
to be used in hiring.
“The practice of substantial
objection as a rule for hiring has
to be carefully done,” Hill says.
‘‘Frankly, I’m not sure it should
ever be a basis for the dis
qualification of a candidate
when the objection is of a
minority of the faculty.”
In addition to the OAA study.
Hill says he and Olum have ask
ed departments and schools
campus-wide to -review hiring
policies that could uninten
tionally hinder'the jsursuit of af
firmative- aciion' policies.
.‘The-evidence suggests that
we do well with respect to
women. . .but we’re not doing
as well with minorities,” Hill
says.- •
“We Want to make sure that
nothing we’re doing could
discourage the hiring of minori
ty candidates,” he says.
Hill says only a’few depart-,
ments have responded so far,
and the results will probably
not be completed until the end
of the school year.
Within the law school, a
faculty group is already discuss
ing the substantial objection
rule and the situation that
precipitated Bell’s resignation,
Hill says.
Although the initial con
troversy seems to have died
down, many law school
students are anxiously awaiting
the results of the various studies
and committees that are ex
amining the situation.
"At this point, it is a waiting
game,” says Lois Day, Student
Bar Association director.
“But you can be sure that if
they (the administration) don’t
take any actions, the students
will,” she says.
“Some of the tension has
dissipated, and some of the
students have lost interest in
it,” says Lorenzo Mejia, co
director of the Minority Law
Students Association.
MLSA made several requests
to the University administration
in the wake of Bell’s resigna
tion, including requests to
abolish the substantial objection
rule and impose a freeze on
tenure track hiring until a writ
ten hiring policy is developed
and a racial minority is hired to
a tenure track position.
MLSA also requested a
change in the composition of
the appointments committee to
include one woman and one
minority of the four faculty
members and two student
members instead of one.
“Olum and Hill seem to put a
high priority on rebuilding a
kind of family atmosphere at the
law school," Mejia says.
“It‘s not clear now where the
faculty stands,” he says, adding
.that many do seem to support,
the MLSA position that there is .
a problem in. the law scKool’s.
hiring policies.
One of MLSA’s ultimate goals...
is to . get minority faculty,
members permanently on . the
faculty at least equal to the pro
portion of minority law
students. Although there are
some minority professors at the
law school, many of these pro
fessors seem to leave after a
short time, says- Roy Catalani,
also co-director of MLSA.
“Affirmative action isn’t just
recruitment — it’s also reten
tion,”. Catalani says. “It’s time
to see a firm commitment to af
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firmative action, especially
when that kind of firm ideal is
not exactly fashionable.”
The situation is no longer just
d campus issue, however.
Various state authorities have
recently become involved in the
issue.
State Rep. Margaret Carter, D
Portland, recently requested
Gov. Vic Atiyeh to review the
situation. The matter has been
handed to Kay Toran of the state
affirmative action office.
Toran says the state office
will wait to review the Universi
ty OAA report before taking any
further action.
“We really want to make sure
we have all the information
before closing the case or mak
ing further action,” Toran says.
She says she is impressed
with the University's speed in
addressing the situation and
credits the University OAA
with having accomplished an
accurate and in-depth report of
the situation.
Olum said he doesn't think a
separate study will be coA
ducted by the state affirmative
action office because the
University is taking steps to ad
dress the problem.
But Beil says he thinks the
University OAA report is too
short and does not include
enough depth into the issue.
“The issue is much more
complex than (the report) shows
— it is certainly incomplete,"
aeu says.
Through alt of the commit- ||
teesj the scrutiny and the
studies, the law school must
continue to rebuild its internal,
relations. Okahara says:
“I think the law school facul-' J|
ty has to put aside the divisions
within that school and work #
towards building up their .
morale as well as the morale of
the law school students,”
Okahara says.
Meapwhile. he says a visiting
scholar will be temporarily ap- \
pointed to the law school posi
tion until the recruitment pro
cess can start again.
“I am.hopeful that Dean Bell j
and the faculty can get together
to discuss exactly what led to
the controversy,” Okahara says. ’
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