Valpo at the center of a big NYT feature...

[Vinny]

A week of embarrassing publicity continues. Looks like one of athletics biggest donors is a white collar criminal. Apparently Narayan had gold status in the Crusader Fund. Have to wonder how much of that money was really his.

http://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Giants-Peavy-defrauded-of-millions-in-8316324.php

[valpotx]

This doesn't make Valpo look bad though, just the guy.  He obtained his Bachelor's degree from Valpo, but received his JD from Loyola in Los Angeles:

http://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=35013285&privcapId=34791822

[valpopal]

Jerry Davich offers a more accurate description of Valparaiso that somehow eluded the NY Times reporter who only focused upon a pawn shop and a discount cigarette store: http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/one-fine-day/ct-ofd-valparaiso-0626-20160626-story.html

[valpopal]

Here is a new article that includes some updated details and additional perspectives: http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2016/06/amidst-57-enrollment-decline-10-tenured-faculty-accept-buyouts-3-junior-faculty-will-be-terminated-a.html#comments

[FWalum]

Here is a new article that includes some updated details and additional perspectives: http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2016/06/amidst-57-enrollment-decline-10-tenured-faculty-accept-buyouts-3-junior-faculty-will-be-terminated-a.html#comments

The comments however, are still as defaming and dismal as the previous article. 

[Vale O. Paradise]

Here's a local news source's follow-up on the story: http://www.theindianalawyer.com/valparaiso-law-school-reduces-faculty-class-size-to-prepare-for-a-different-future/PARAMS/article/40738


Selected quotes:

"Paul Caron, Pepperdine University School of Law professor and writer of the popular TaxProf Blog, is surprised Valparaiso is getting so much attention. He noted other schools were equally slow to respond to the changes in the market and many chose the same course of lowering admission standards to keep class sizes the same. Valparaiso is taking the right steps by accepting a smaller number of students, Caron said. But other problems may be more difficult to overcome, namely the law school's geography."

"Retired Indiana Chief Justice Randall Shepard, who led the American Bar Association's Task Force on the Future of Legal Education in 2013, noted the law school has made a "special contribution" in terms of accepting Latino and African-American students and giving them an opportunity. Other law schools are interested in diversity but, he said, Valparaiso has made a greater effort to bring in minorities than the school gets credit for."

"In terms of how well the law school and the university get along, Bodensteiner was noncommittal. The law school's relationship with the university varied over the years as the administrations changed, he said. It is not a terrible relationship, he said, like other law schools there is always the tension over how much autonomy the law school should have."

""I've been a criminal defense lawyer my whole life. I know how to stand up even when things look a little tough," she said. "That's what I'm doing. This place is amazing and it deserves to be here. My job is to make is possible for this school to succeed. I'm going to do that." (Bodensteiner)"

[vu72]

Here's a local news source's follow-up on the story: http://www.theindianalawyer.com/valparaiso-law-school-reduces-faculty-class-size-to-prepare-for-a-different-future/PARAMS/article/40738


Selected quotes:

"Paul Caron, Pepperdine University School of Law professor and writer of the popular TaxProf Blog, is surprised Valparaiso is getting so much attention. He noted other schools were equally slow to respond to the changes in the market and many chose the same course of lowering admission standards to keep class sizes the same. Valparaiso is taking the right steps by accepting a smaller number of students, Caron said. But other problems may be more difficult to overcome, namely the law school's geography."

"Retired Indiana Chief Justice Randall Shepard, who led the American Bar Association's Task Force on the Future of Legal Education in 2013, noted the law school has made a "special contribution" in terms of accepting Latino and African-American students and giving them an opportunity. Other law schools are interested in diversity but, he said, Valparaiso has made a greater effort to bring in minorities than the school gets credit for."

"In terms of how well the law school and the university get along, Bodensteiner was noncommittal. The law school's relationship with the university varied over the years as the administrations changed, he said. It is not a terrible relationship, he said, like other law schools there is always the tension over how much autonomy the law school should have."

""I've been a criminal defense lawyer my whole life. I know how to stand up even when things look a little tough," she said. "That's what I'm doing. This place is amazing and it deserves to be here. My job is to make is possible for this school to succeed. I'm going to do that." (Bodensteiner)"

Nice words from the retired justice.  Perhaps because current Indiana Supreme Court justice Robert Rucker is a Valpo law graduate.