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    "When you become a lawyer..."

    Professor Geoffrey Hazard
    Fiat Justitia: "When you become a lawyer, you become someone different from what you had been before." Chancellor & Dean Frank H. Wu interviews Professor Geoffrey Hazard on ethics and legal education.
    Friday, January 04, 2013
    National Jurist Magazine

    Dean Frank H. Wu Named #1 Most "Influential" Dean in Legal Education

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    "UC Hastings’ strategic plan calls for legal education that is practical, international, and interdisciplinary," says Dean Wu. "It also calls for a profound structural change."

    The National Jurist "2012 Most Influential People in Legal Education" rankings, based on a survey of 350 professors and deans, rank UC Hastings Chancellor & Dean Frank H. Wu as the most influential dean in legal education, #3 in the nation among legal educators and advocates influencing the ongoing debate about legal education.

    "UC Hastings’ strategic plan calls for legal education that is practical, international, and interdisciplinary," says Dean Wu. "It also calls for a profound structural change. Any influence I may have had on legal education this year is due entirely to the school-wide implementation of this plan, developed over the course of a year with input from all constituencies, including faculty, students, staff, and our alumni."

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