The University of New Mexico School of Law has announced that it will take the road less traveled, and will be led by co-deans. UNM Professors Alfred Mathewson and Sergio Pareja will share the job. Mathewson holds a JD from Yale and joined the faculty in 1983. Pareja holds a JD from Georgetown and joined UNM in 2005.
Like the two praetors of ancient Rome!
Posted by: Enrique Guerra-Pujol | June 24, 2015 at 07:39 AM
I'm curious about how this works. If a dean needs to make a decision, does either dean suffice? Do you need both deans to agree? Does it depend on the issue?
Posted by: Orin Kerr | June 24, 2015 at 03:47 PM
Perhaps they alternate days, like the consuls: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cannae#Roman_command
Posted by: Sam Bagenstos | June 24, 2015 at 07:42 PM
So who's playing Davis Bannercheck, and who's playing Big Head?
Posted by: Derek Tokaz | June 25, 2015 at 09:12 AM
The co-President thing worked so well for GW Bush and Cheney.
Posted by: JEsq | June 25, 2015 at 09:51 AM