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Strickland enters his last vear as dean
■ Following the 2001-2002
year, law school Dean Strickland
! will take a sabbatical to write
i before he resumes teaching
By Kara Cogswell
Oregon Daily Emerald
If Rennard Strickland wanted to
l boast about his achievements in
his final year as dean of the Knight
Law Center, few could blame him.
A renowned scholar and educa
tor, he has taught at some of the na
tion’s most respected law schools.
He has served as a dean four times,
has written several books and is re
garded as an expert on American
Indian law.
But Strickland said he takes the
most pride in work done by his
former students, some of whom
created the Indian Child Welfare
Act and Northwest Indian Fish
eries Commission. Another is now
the principal chief of the Cherokee
Nation, he said.
“As a teacher, you teach so
many people who do, in fact, make
a difference,” he said.
Strickland, who announced last
spring that he would step down as
dean when his term expires at the
end of the 2001-2002 academic
year, will soon return to the role of
the teacher as a professor on the
law school faculty.
Before he does, however, Strick
land plans to take a one-year sab
batical to continue his writing —
the principal reason behind his de
cision not to accept University
Provost John Moseley’s offer to
stay on as dean for another term.
Strickland was the editor of The
Federal Handbook of Indian Law,
which is considered to be the lead
ing source on the subject. He is
also the author of nearly 30 books
related to American Indian issues.
His current writing project is a
500-year history of American Indi
an nations and their struggle for
survival. Strickland, who started
the book 15 years ago, said he
hopes to complete it within the
next two or three years.
And with several more books
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planned for the future, Strickland,
60, said he was afraid that if he
continued on as dean, he wouldn’t
be able to write them all.
Merle Weiner, an associate pro
fessor of law, said she “is thrilled”
Strickland will be staying on as a
member of the law school faculty.
“He’s been a tremendous asset to
the law school these last five
years,” she said.
Since he began as dean of the
law school in 1997, Strickland has
earned the law school national
recognition through an alternative
dispute resolution program he cre
ated.
The school has also received at
tention because of Strickland’s po
sition as the chairman of the na
tional Law School Admissions
Council, which prepares the Law
School Admission Test (LSAT).
And he will always be remem
bered as the first dean to preside
over the Knight Law School build
ing. Strickland personally helped
lead fundraising efforts for the
building, which opened in the
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summer of 1999.
While the building was still be
ing designed, Strickland said he
“caused controversy” by request
ing the dean’s office be moved
from the second floor down to the
first in order to be more accessible
to students.
That accessibility is what Strick
land, who also has an annual tradi
tion of inviting first-year students
to his home, said he will miss most
about being the dean.
But, he added, he is looking for
ward to returning to what he calls
the everyday “give and take” of the
classroom.
While the search for a new
dean is ongoing, President Dave
Frohnmayer said he believes the
impact Strickland has made will
make the law school an even
more appealing prospect for can
didates.
“My hope is that because of the
contributions Dean Strickland has
made, this will be an even more
desirable position,” he said. “He’s
a superb scholar and dean.”
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