Where to begin?

Mslaw has been much in the news lately. Ordinarily many of us might think of that as a good thing. That seems not to be the case this time. Sadly, that seems not to be the case.

Have you seen the press release: http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20118.htm
The opening sentence tells it all:

"A conference to plan the prosecution of President Bush and other high administration officials for war crimes will be held September 13-14 at the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover ."

Which prompts me to begin this blog - it's time for us to find a collective voice. It's time to make known our thoughts and feelings. It's time to make known our hopes and aspirations for the school and for our fellow graduates. It's time to voice our concerns that the school is becoming a laughingstock in the community. It's time to make known that we object to the Dean's use of what we built as his launchpad for his increasingly intemperate political rants.

We built MSL. Our money and our time built MSL. Our dedication and success as students and then as attorneys in the many communities of the Commonwealth built what is MSL. We have worked long and hard to build successful practices and good reputations. That's what built MSL.

The dedication of a committed and energetic faculty built MSL. There are more than two thousand of us now; some who have worked for almost 20 years to build and keep our credibility among our clients and our colleagues. We've built solid reputations in the Courts and the Bar.

Now it seems that the Dean is dismantling what we have done. He forgets who he serves. He has long used the resources that we created for his own personal agenda. It's time that we give voice, publicly, to our concerns.

It's time that we let the Trustees know what many of us have been discussing for a long time. The school seems to have long since lost its way. Perhaps the leadership is too steeped in its self-generated press clippings.

If you wish to weigh in, to express your thoughts or concerns, offer a suggestion, criticism, a comment, perhaps directed at those who lead the school, maybe this space will have some use and purpose.