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« School of Parties and Easy A's | Main | Intelligent Design (by Committee) » August 16, 2006Our Lady's Law SchoolThe formation of Ave Maria Law School (AMLS) at Ann Arbor, MI, was one of trial and tribulation. Boasting the highest bar passage rates in the nation, AMLS quickly gained national notierity. Not to mention that the institution has no qualms with professing orthodox Catholicism. Charles Rice, professor emeritus at Notre Dame School of Law, was a member of the board at AMLS from the beginning. Until, of course, he bucked the administration's decision to relocate the school in a swamp in Florida. This past May, Rice sent a nice letter to the dean and chairman of the board (Monaghan, founder of Domino's), criticizing the decision to move. For his efforts, the dean decided not to extend Rice's visiting professor contract this fall; classes start next Monday. I think, along with a number of current students at Ave, that this move will only heighten negative publicity surrounding the administration at an otherwise much-beloved school. Rice's academic standing is top-notch, not to mention that his personal life is impeccable - something often-times missing from the ivory tower. So much for academic freedom. Posted by Seth Zirkle at August 16, 2006 01:59 PM CommentsAccording to Wikipedia's notes on Monaghan, the reason for the move to Florida was reported as because "[l]ocal officials refused to approve the zoning change [necessary to establish the Ave Maria University at Domino's Farms], forcing him to look elsewhere for a site." I also read that he had started looking in Naples about a year before that decision came down though, so I don't know what to make of the whole thing. At the same time, Monaghan seems to know what he's doing. He bought the Tigers in 1983, and the next year they won the World Series. He built Domino's into a multi-gagillion dollar empire before selling it to Bain. Maybe he's just not attuned to the differences between a law school/university and a private corporation. Posted by: lawyerchik1 at August 18, 2006 05:17 PM | permalink Post a comment |
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