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More on Presidential Lawyers

August 29, 2005

Following up on Friday’s post pointing out that more U.S. Presidents dropped out of law school (6) than graduated (5): Milbarge at Begging the Question correctly points out that a number of presidents (e,g, Lincoln, J.Q. Adams) became lawyers before the advent of the modern American law school.

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Paul Caron

Paul Caron was named Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law on June 1, 2017. Dean Caron joined the Pepperdine faculty in 2013 after serving as the Dorothy and Leonard Straus Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law in the spring semesters of 2010 through 2013. He served as Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at Pepperdine in 2015-2017. Before coming to Pepperdine, he was Associate Dean of Faculty and Charles Hartsock Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.