Dean Search, Pepperdine University School of Law

[Scarberry, Mark]

The chair of our tenured faculty asked me to post the following announcement
on the religionlaw list. It seemed appropriate, because Pepperdine is a
religiously affiliated law school. List members may be in a particularly
good position to nominate potential dean candidates (or may themselves be
interested in the position). Please forward any nominations (or, if you are
interested, an application) to the Provost, as indicated in the
announcement. The University Provost and the chair of the law school tenured
faculty are the co-chairs of the search committee. The request for provision
of references only applies to applications; you do not need to provide
references to support the nomination of someone other than yourself.

Best wishes,
Mark S. Scarberry
Pepperdine University School of Law

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Pepperdine University
Search Announcement
Dean, School of Law

Pepperdine University's School of Law seeks nominations and applications for
the position of Dean beginning in the 2004-05 academic year.

The School seeks an experienced legal educator, jurist, or practitioner with
experience in legal education. The candidate should have a strong record of
legal scholarship, should be eligible for a tenured teaching appointment in
the School of Law, and should have excellent administrative and leadership
abilities.

Located on Pepperdine's 830-acre campus in the hills above Malibu,
California, the School of Law has approximately 650 students enrolled in its
J.D. program and more than 100 students pursuing an LL.M in Dispute
Resolution or the Master of Dispute Resolution degree.  The School has a
full-time faculty of 35 and also offers several joint degree programs.

Beyond its comprehensive academic program, the School maintains the
nationally recognized Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, the Center
for Entrepreneurship and Technology Law, a resident academic program in
London, and an active clinical and professional skills program.

The successful candidate will not only have the appropriate academic
qualifications and professional experience, but will also be able and
willing to advance the Christian mission of Pepperdine University and the
School of Law.

Nominations and applications will be accepted until November 15, 2003.
Detailed information on candidate qualifications is available on the School
of Law's Web site: www.law.pepperdine.edu/deansearch

Nominations and applications should address how the nominee or applicant
meets the position description detailed on the Web and include the names,
addresses, and telephone numbers of five references (to be contacted only if
a candidate is selected as a finalist in the process).

Please send material to Darryl Tippens; Provost and co-chair of the Dean
Search Committee, Pepperdine University, 24255 Pacific Coast Highway,
Malibu, CA 90263.

Pepperdine University is an equal opportunity employer and does not
unlawfully discriminate on the basis of any status or condition protected by
applicable federal or state law. Pepperdine is religiously affiliated with
the Churches of Christ. It is the purpose of Pepperdine to pursue the very
highest employment and academic standards within a context that celebrates
and extends the spiritual and ethical ideals of the Christian faith. While
students, faculty, staff and members of the Board of Regents represent many
religious backgrounds, Pepperdine reserves the right to seek, hire, and
promote persons who support the goals and mission of the institution,
including the right to prefer co-religionists.

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