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Founding Dean of Ave Maria Resigns, But Remains Active
Posted Aug 21, 2009 11:42 AM CST
By Martha Neil
After being on medical leave for more than a year, the founding dean of Ave Maria School of Law has stepped down.
President Bernard Dobranski has resigned, the law school announced today, and acting dean Eugene Milhizer will now be acting president as well, reports the News-Press of South Florida.
Dobranski plans to continue on the faculty and to remain active in the law school's strategic planning and development. Dobranski was part of a team that engineered the school's controversial move from Michigan to Florida.
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Robert Klucik - AveMariaLawyer.com
Aug 22, 2009 10:27 AM CST
As a member of Ave Maria’s inaugural class, I am grateful to Dean Bernie Dobranski for leading the efforts of many wonderful and dedicated people in establishing a first class - and seriously Catholic - law school dedicated to the revival of natural law jurisprudence.
Those of us who joined in those efforts as students had no guarantee that we would graduate from an accredited law school - except for the early commitment and involvement of accomplished people like Dean Dobranski, Tom Monaghan, Charlie Rice, Robert Bork, Justice Antonin Scalia, Justice Clarence Thomas, John Cardinal O’Connor, Judge James Ryan, Helen Alvare, Gerry Bradley, Archbishop Charles Chaput, Bill Clark, Fr. Joseph Fessio, Robbie George, Congressman Henry Hyde and Fr. Michael Scanlan, and many others.
The founding faculty’s wisdom was evidenced when they insisted - long before the school existed - that Dobranski be brought on board as the founding dean. Alumni will always be grateful to this team for providing us with a great legal education.
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