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Fordham University School of Law - A History (Hardcover, New)
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Fordham University School of Law - A History (Hardcover, New)
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In this engaging, erudite new book, Robert J. Kaczorowski, director
of the Condon Institute of Legal History, immerses readers in the
story of Fordham Law School from the day it opened its doors in
1905 in the midst of massive changes in the United States, in the
legal profession, and in legal education. Kaczorowski explores why
so many immigrants and their children needed the founding of
Catholic law schools in order to enter the legal profession in the
first half of the twentieth century. He documents how, in the 1920s
and 1930s, when the legal profession’s elites were actively
trying to raise barriers that would exclude immigrants, Dean
Wilkinson and the law faculty at Fordham were implementing higher
standards while simultaneously striving to make Fordham the best
avenue into the legal profession for New York City’s immigrants.
Tracing Fordham Law School’s history in the context of
developments in legal education over the course of the twentieth
century, this book pinpoints those factors that produce greatness
in a law school and those that contribute to its decline. Fordham
University School of Law: A History shows and explains why, prior
to World War II, Fordham was one of the leading law schools in
America and, along with Columbia's, one of the top two law schools
in New York City. As one of those leading schools, Fordham was in
the vanguard of legal education reform, and its faculty made
important contributions to legal scholarship. Fordham University
School of Law: A History also reveals that, after World War II, the
Law School suffered a decline, primarily because of inadequate
funding resulting from the university’s fiscal policies. These
policies brought the university’s administration into direct
conflict with the American Bar Association (ABA) and the
Association of American Law Schools (AALS), which consistently
observed that the Law School was being starved for funds compared
with its peer schools, with the result that peer law schools were
improving their quality while Fordham was in decline. The conflict,
which did not approach resolution at Fordham until the last quarter
of the century, was replicated throughout legal education,
especially in Catholic universities—yet this is the first
scholarly work to document and explain it. Kaczorowski’s
wonderfully contextualized, meticulously documented history of
Fordham Law School brings readers right up to the present day and
traces how the Law School, with the unprecedented financial support
and active involvement of its alumni, is resuming its prior
position as one of the nation’s leading law schools.
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