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Transformative Years of the University of Alabama Law School will engage not just those devoted to Alabama Law School but also anyone interested in how to build a great law school. --Taylor Reveley III, President, College of William & Mary Dan Meador's book is historically valuable since it covers the progress made in the initial, turbulent years of reforming the Law School at Alabama to meet the demands of modern social life. --Julian McDonnell, Professor Emeritus, Corporate and Business Law, University of Georgia How difficult is it to move a good state law school towards being a good national law school? Dan Meador recounts the trials and triumphs he had after becoming Dean at the University of Alabama in the mid-1960s. The reader will join me in amazement at Meador's dedication and constant hard work. --Wythe Holt, University Research Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Alabama The entering class in 1966 sensed something special was happening within the walls of Farrah Hall. The important history of those next four years is superbly recorded by Dan Meador whose vision and special skills transformed the Law School and provided the foundation for future deans, faculty, and alumni to build a nationally recognized Law school at the University of Alabama. Readers will be rewarded because Dan Meador writes as well as he taught. --Fournier Gale III, Seniro Executive Vice President & General, Counsel, Regions Financial Corporation Only 105 pages long, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of this law school and in understanding the foundation laid in the late 1960s for the great law school that exists in Tuscaloosa today. --Robert L. Potts, The Alabama Lawyer

Transformative Years of the University of Alabama Law School will engage not just those devoted to Alabama Law School but also anyone interested in how to build a great law school. -- Taylor Reveley III, president, College of William & Mary Dan Meador's book is historically valuable since it covers the progress made in the initial, turbulent years of reforming the Law School at Alabama to meet the demands of modern social life. -- Julian McDonnell, Professor Emeritus, Corporate and Business Law, University of Georgia How difficult is it to move a good state law school towards being a good national law school? Dan Meador recounts the trials and triumphs he had after becoming dean at the University of Alabama in the mid-1960s. The reader will join me in amazement at Meador's dedication and constant hard work. -- Wythe Holt, University Research Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Alabama Only 105 pages long, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of this law school and in understanding the foundation laid in the late 1960s for the great law school that exists in Tuscaloosa today. -- Robert L. Potts, The Alabama Lawyer The entering class in 1966 sensed something special was happening within the walls of Farrah Hall. The important history of those next four years is superbly recorded by Dan Meador whose vision and special skills transformed the Law School and provided the foundation for future deans, faculty, and alumni to build a nationally recognized Law school at the University of Alabama. Readers will be rewarded because Dan Meador writes as well as he taught. -- Fournier Gale III, Seniro Executive Vice President & General Counsel, Regions Financial Corporation

Transformative Years of the University of Alabama Law School will engage not just those devoted to Alabama Law School but also anyone interested in how to build a great law school. --Taylor Reveley III, President, College of William & Mary Dan Meador's book is historically valuable since it covers the progress made in the initial, turbulent years of reforming the Law School at Alabama to meet the demands of modern social life. --Julian McDonnell, Professor Emeritus, Corporate and Business Law, University of Georgia How difficult is it to move a good state law school towards being a good national law school? Dan Meador recounts the trials and triumphs he had after becoming Dean at the University of Alabama in the mid-1960s. The reader will join me in amazement at Meador's dedication and constant hard work. --Wythe Holt, University Research Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Alabama The entering class in 1966 sensed something special was happening within the walls of Farrah Hall. The important history of those next four years is superbly recorded by Dan Meador whose vision and special skills transformed the Law School and provided the foundation for future deans, faculty, and alumni to build a nationally recognized Law school at the University of Alabama. Readers will be rewarded because Dan Meador writes as well as he taught. --Fournier Gale III, Seniro Executive Vice President & General, Counsel, Regions Financial Corporation Only 105 pages long, this book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of this law school and in understanding the foundation laid in the late 1960s for the great law school that exists in Tuscaloosa today. --Robert L. Potts, The Alabama Lawyer

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DANIEL JOHN MEADOR is the James Monroe Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Virginia. An Alabama native, he attended The Citadel and holds degrees from Auburn University, the University of Alabama Law School, and Harvard University. He also served as dean of the University of Alabama Law School for four years, an experience he details in his book The Transformative Years, 1966-1970. Meador is the author of numerous legal texts and articles and three novels. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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