Underpaid 83-Year-Old Professor Died Trying to Make Ends Meet by Working Night Shift at Eat an' Save

[Divernan]

67. By describing the school as Catholic in name only, I mean that neither administration nor faculty

reflect or embody the traditional teachings of Christ (disclaimer - on a good day, I'm an agnostic, but went to Catholic grade school, high school & 4 years at a Jesuit university - followed by 2 degrees at a state university). When deciding to go to law school at age 40, and being limited to a local law school, I (mistakenly) chose Duquesne over Pitt because Duquesne had both day and night law classes, offering more flexibility. I also expected the law classes to reflect some religious concern for welfare, social justice, etc. Hah! I never heard the phrase pro bono in or out of class my entire time there. Quite unlike my experience at a Jesuit university.

Really an uber-conservative, Opus Dei mind set. With rare exception, the faculty was comprised of Duquesne graduates who were very anti-intellectual. They are militantly "pro-life" anti-abortion and no discussion of the matter was allowed. As I mentioned in another post, when it came time to invite judges as guest speakers, we got the likes of Clarence Thomas, Alito and Scalia. The current law school dean made his bones with a book exploiting the Monica Lewinsky/Clinton debacle.