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...disputes had to do exclusively with specific appointments," Vorenberg said. "I don't think that's kept the faculty from experimenting with new aspects of legal education. If one looks at the 1980s, and asks whether it was a period of change or a period of standing still, I think the former is a fairer characterization...
Associate Dean and Bussey Professor of Law Frank E. A. Sander agrees with Vorenberg's view, saying, "I think the politics have not been a serious distraction...
...Sander did say that the new dean will have to continue to unify the Law School's diverse faculty, a job he said he thought Vorenberg had done well. "One of the challenges for the new dean--which was also a challenge for the old dean--will be to harness that diverse group and make it function together," Sander said...
Deans at other law schools have said that Vorenberg's handling of the conflicts over appointments was as good as anyone's could have been...
...would say he found himself in the worst possible situation and handled it in an excellent way," Geoffrey Stone, dean of the University of Chicago Law School, said after Vorenberg's resignation. "It was one of the biggest problems any dean in American law schools has faced in recent years. He handled it in a way that was much to his credit...