U. of Oregon Law School Fails in Search for Dean; Maryville U. President Resigns Following Assault Accusation

[...]the law school will review its hiring practices to resolve concerns about how minority faculty members and administrators are hired. The law school then offered the position to Hiram E. Chodosh, associate dean for academic affairs at the Case Western Reserve University School of Law. "The feeling was that if a person of this stature and achievement isn't a slam-dunk, then who the heck is?" Mr. Johnson declined to comment on the controversy, saying in an e-mail message: "I think highly of the UO law faculty and wish it the very best as the law school seeks a dean." *** UNDER A CLOUD: