Dean seeks community connections

When Elizabeth Rindskopf Parker became the dean of McGeorge School of Law almost four years ago, the former national security lawyer saw a problem that seemed to cry out for a national solution.

Law schools, training attorneys and a high percentage of civic and corporate leaders for a society in which all races, all nations would have to work together, were fighting over a limited supply of qualified African American and Latino applicants, said Parker, whose perspective comes partly from an earlier career as a civil rights lawyer ... [ View entire article ]