O’Kelley looks forward to challenges of new position
By Kaly Soto
O'vyey’ tnwma
Like the While Hounn, the
University litis been playing
musical adminlstnilors
Dave Krohnmayer's move to
the president's office left n
vacancy at the dean’s office in
the law st h<>ol Charles O’Kelley
has been chosen to fill that
vacancy
O’Kelley who earned his
bachelor’s degree from Universi
ty of the South in 1970, anil his
law degree from University of
Texas at Austin in 1072. la-gnn
teaching at the University in
1982.
His main focus at the Univer
sity and throughout life has been
business law Before coming to
the University O'Keliey prat
ticod law in Atlanta and taught
law hi Tulane Law School and
University of Alabama Law
School.
O’Kelley decided to start
tea< hing tmemise he enjoyed pri
vate practice so much, “For
most people who teach law it’s
not a question of which you do
because you continue to be
involved in the practice lib
even as you teach. 1 really enjoy
working with students, and have
always, in the back of my mind,
thought I would be a lent her,
even in high si hool. "
In addition to his duties as an
instruc tor and his research in
business law O’Keliey is the cur
rent chair of the admissions
committee for the Ihw si hool
O'Kelley is confident that his
position as dean will not hinder
his ability to he keep in touch
with students
Before his appointment ns
dean O'Kelley w-iis associate
dean of students, he finds the
differences between the two
posts to he innmlv administra
tive.
i think there is a tremendous shaking
out In education, Just like there Is In
other Industries. Only the fit are going to
survive. In order to survive we’re going to
have to be on the cutting edge of
technology as an Institution.
— Charles O'Kelley,
interim dean, School ol Law
"Than! «r« Iwp big differ
ences Thn first is Ihnt I ho asso
ciate dean j>r»rn«ri ly on
internal aspects of the m hool as
they relate to inside the building
whereas the (loan has to foc us
on external issues and con*
stituencles or relations inside
the University and carry out the
school's strategic plan every
where," he said
During hi* time as dean,
< VKellny would like to com en
trute on getting the law school
tec hnologu ally up to date
"I think the biggest c hallenge
Ini ing the law school, and the
University in general is te< hnol
”KV
"We are as a university nff«M t
ed by our loi ation It is an
advantage be< ause Eugene is a
wonderful place to live and to
lie, but we don't have m cess to
the very lop practioners in Port
land
" 1 !•< hnology is going to make
it possible for us to do distance
learning in a way that would
have seemed impossible two
years ago. It will make it possi
ble to have really ini oral live
instruction from other locations
and vice versa," O'Kelley said
O'Kelley stressed the impor
tance of technology in educa
tion, not only a« a Item fit for
students, but as a net easily for
the University
I think there is n Intmnndoui
shaking out in education. just
like there is in other industries
Only tho fit iirr going to survive
In order to survive we're going
to have to Ik- on the cutting edge
of technology a* nn institution
We re going to have to offer our
students mi onvironment in
which they ctm be really up to
speed in how computers affe< t
whatever disi ipline they are
in ”
Like other administrators
around the stale O’Kelley is
going to Irv to ns tify the damage
done to the law school by lotto's
Measure S gather than being
dev iislated by the effec t the mea
sure has had on the school,
O’Kelly seemed thankful that
the University and the school
have been forced to find new
and innovative ways to fund
their programs
"We have become much more
tuition dependent ns op|>osed to
dependent on direct state fund
ing As with the rest of higher
education. I think we've become
much more entrejamurial There
are now incentives fordoing our
(oils better We get to keep the
revenues we generate and we
never were allowed to do that
before So, just ns you see more
competition in the economy you
Charles O Kelley took his post as Interim dean earlier this summer.
will MM- more competition in
higher education because of
Measure 5.
" Hut obvious disadvantage (of
Measure 5) Is that the product
costs more But you see a much
belter product at the University
generally and at the law school
in particular than you did five
years ago. You see more caring
faculty and more time devoted
to program development
When asked il he thought the
end result ol Measure 5 would
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I)i' to drive talented faculty out
of the state in search of better
paying jobs elsewhere, O'Kelley
responder! in a manner that was
atypical for an employee of Ore
gon's higher education system
"It becomes a challenge to
keep those faculty and find
ways to finance education so
that you don’t lose them. And I
think if you look at the Univer
sity law school you'd say that
this is a much better University
than it was f> years ago."
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