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State Bar & Bar Associations

Oct. 31, 2013

Tenure proposals before ABA spark alarm among law faculty

With two proposals before the American Bar Association that could alter the academic tenure system, more than 500 law school professors signed a letter arguing that tenure is essential for protecting academic freedom.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Erez Aloni and Sheldon Bernard Lyke are two brand-new assistant professors at Whittier Law School. Both have advanced degrees beyond their law degrees. Both research and write on controversial issues. Both also joined 504 colleagues around the country in signing a letter this month supporting tenure for law school professors and opposing proposals from the American Bar Association to scale back a require...

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