Posted by Jim Lindgren: Does Barack Obama Have Enough Administrative Experience to be a Law School Dean?-- http://volokh.com/archives/archive_2008_05_04-2008_05_10.shtml#1210259105
I was thinking about the story (whether true or not) that George Bush once suggested to a fellow baseball owner that he might want to be the commissioner of Major League Baseball. The felllow owner responded that Bush wasn't bright enough. Then I thought about jobs that Barack Obama and John McCain might--or might not--be qualified for, including law school dean. McCain probably doesn't have the intellectual style of a typical dean -- and he lacks a law degree and experience teaching in a law school. In most respects, Obama would be an excellent choice for dean of a top law school, but (at least before this year) I wonder whether he has enough administrative experience to get the job. Running a small Senate staff would probably not be enough experience. And we know very little about Obama's work for Project Vote and the [1]Chicago's Annenberg Challenge educational programs (proposed and in part directed by Bill Ayers). Thus, I would say that, until the last year, Obama's administrative resume was probably too thin to be a dean at a top law school. Ultimately, however, I think that Obama's very successful presidential campaign suggests that he has more than enough administrative skill and experience to run a faculty of 75 people, a staff of 100-200, and a law school of a thousand students. References 1. http://justoneminute.typepad.com/main/2008/05/lets-accept-mic.html _______________________________________________ Volokh mailing list [email protected] http://lists.powerblogs.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/volokh
