Lawdragon Limelight

Q&A with Deanell Tacha

Dean, Pepperdine University School of Law

"You can look through history and see where the problem-solvers were; they were largely lawyers. They are legion, starting with Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln and going through to Sandra Day O’Connor and beyond. Great lawyers were on the forefront of moving us forward in solving disputes, resolving issues, focusing debate, modeling civil discourse. I can’t believe we aren’t going to need that well into the future. ..."