SOUTH ROYALTON — A longtime law professor and higher education administrator will be the next president of Vermont Law School.
The state’s only law school announced Thursday that Rodney A. Smolla will start work on July 1 and that the school’s board of trustees will unveil more leadership changes later this summer, in line with a new strategic plan.
Glenn Berger, chairman of the law school’s board of trustees, called Smolla “the right person at the right time for Vermont Law School,” in a news release Thursday, citing Smolla’s mix of law school, administrative, scholarly and practical experience.
The law school hired Smolla only as president and in Thursday’s announcement the board of trustees said it has split the president and dean positions into two, which will allow the president to concentrate “on the higher level strategies and outside and internal relationships that are important to the future of the school, and implementation of the strategic plan itself,” the news release says.
The strategic plan is intended to build on the law school’s highly regarded environmental program and first-of-its-kind restorative justice program, in hopes of expanding the school’s enrollment and reputation.
https://www.vnews.com/Vermont-Law-School-names-new-president-45947038
