Aristocratic Excellence, Secular Ecumenism, and the Life of the Modern Law School: Book Review

Authors

Neil Fulton, University of South Dakota School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

January 2021

Disciplines

Education | Higher Education | Higher Education Administration | Legal Education

Abstract

Anthony Kronman and John Sexton have both authored books about the state of higher education: Kronman's entitled, The Assault on American Excellence; Sexton's entitled, Standing for Reason. Both authors have extensive experience as instructors and administrators. Both have academic careers centered around law schools. Both use their books to explore the critical mission of universities in modern society, political and social challenges to that mission, and how to overcome those challenges. Both books are informed, provocative, and ultimately hopeful about the future of higher education. Both, while centered on universities more generally, provide avenues to think about the state of American law schools as well.

Publication Title

66 South Dakota Law Review 1

Recommended Citation

Neil Fulton, Aristocratic Excellence, Secular Ecumenism, and the Life of the Modern Law School, Book Review, 66 S.D. L. Rev. 1 (2021) (reviewing Anthony Kronman, The Assault on American Excellence (2019) and John Sexton, Standing for Reason: The University in a Dogmatic Age (2019))