Many faculty and staff who are here now will still be here in 2025. Most of our alumni will be at the high points in their careers with, I hope, a lively interest in what is happening at the Law School. Faculty size has increased only marginally but the nature of the faculty has changed to include greater numbers of women and people of color. The nature of the student population has of course changed dramatically. In 1975 there were very few students who were women or who were people of color.
Women now account for over half the student body.
Students of color now account for a substantial part of our student body, but underrepresented minorities are still underrepresented. In the past 25 years changes in the curriculum have been incremental only, with the exception of clinical education. In 1975, clinical education was in its infancy. In 2000 the Law School offered eight clinics with five full-time clinical instructors. The greatest change in the past 25 years has been in the use of technology.