Lawyers Leading Higher Education: Book Talk with Patricia E. Salkin ’88
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Lawyers Leading Higher Education: Book Talk with Patricia E. Salkin ’88
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On January 30, 2023, the Albany Law School Women’s Leadership Initiative, the Government Law Center, and author Patricia E. Salkin ’88 hosted an event to celebrate the publication of Dr. Salkin's new book, May It Please the Campus: Lawyers Leading Higher Education.
Dr. Salkin joined Jeffrey Schanz, VP of Institutional Advancement of Albany Law School, to discuss the book in an interview-style presentation.
About Patricia E. Salkin ’88
Patricia E. Salkin, J.D., Ph.D., ’88 is the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost of the Graduate and Professional Division of Touro University. She is the former Dean of the Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center and previously served as Associate Dean, Director of the Government Law Center, and the Raymond & Ella Smith Distinguished Professor of Law at Albany Law School. Her new book, May It Please the Campus: Lawyers Leading Higher Education, was published by Touro University Press in December 2022.
About the Book
May It Please the Campus: Lawyers Leading Higher Education is a groundbreaking study on the important and little-known role that lawyers have played as leaders in higher education. The book traces the history of lawyer campus presidents from the 1700s to present. The author explores reasons for an exponential increase in lawyers serving as campus leaders by examining the growth of legal education and myriad legal and regulatory issues confronting higher education.
Dr. Salkin joined Jeffrey Schanz, VP of Institutional Advancement of Albany Law School, to discuss the book in an interview-style presentation.
About Patricia E. Salkin ’88
Patricia E. Salkin, J.D., Ph.D., ’88 is the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost of the Graduate and Professional Division of Touro University. She is the former Dean of the Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center and previously served as Associate Dean, Director of the Government Law Center, and the Raymond & Ella Smith Distinguished Professor of Law at Albany Law School. Her new book, May It Please the Campus: Lawyers Leading Higher Education, was published by Touro University Press in December 2022.
About the Book
May It Please the Campus: Lawyers Leading Higher Education is a groundbreaking study on the important and little-known role that lawyers have played as leaders in higher education. The book traces the history of lawyer campus presidents from the 1700s to present. The author explores reasons for an exponential increase in lawyers serving as campus leaders by examining the growth of legal education and myriad legal and regulatory issues confronting higher education.
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Government Law Center at Albany Law School
Date
January 30, 2023
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“Lawyers Leading Higher Education: Book Talk with Patricia E. Salkin ’88,” Government Law Center at Albany Law School , accessed March 15, 2026, https://governmentlawcenter.omeka.net/items/show/481.