April 10th, 2009 by Leonard Birdsong
Birdsong is sitting in his new Associate Dean Office wondering about “ inverse ratios.” It has struck him that with each new promotion he has received since coming to Barry Law he gets a smaller office!
Birdsong arrived in July 1998, when the Law School was pretty new. Not a lot of professors. Birdsong started out as an assistant professor. He was given a large office with, not one, but two large windows which overlooked the driveway entrance to the school. Sweet!
Birdsong was promoted to associate professor in 2001. His old office was taken from him and used to make
April 8th, 2009 by Leonard Birdsong
Birdsong assumed his duties as Associate Dean of the Barry Law School on Wednesday, April 1, 2009. However, he was not able to move into the Administration Building where the Dean wants him because administrative staff in certain offices had to be moved around to provide an office for Birdsong. Of course there was a round of musical office moves. Then the offices had to be painted and the carpets shampooed.
Long story short …Birdsong got moved in yesterday, April 7, 2009. Moving is always challenging and yesterday was no exception. To start, Mike P, our facilities manager was off for the week while his children were on spring break. This means Birdsong had to obtain approval for the CFO to hire a couple of day laborers
April 2nd, 2009 by Leonard Birdsong
April 1, has come and gone. It was Birdsong’s first day as Associate Dean of Administration of the Barry University School of Law.
So how was it? Not bad.
Arrived at work at 9:30 am. At 10 am had
March 25th, 2009 by Leonard Birdsong
Birdsong has been teaching at the Barry University School of Law since August, 1998. Birdsong has loved teaching law and helping to turn out new lawyers. Professor Birdsong was recently recommended for promotion to a full professorship at the Law School. On the heels of this promotion, Leticia Diaz, Dean of the Law School, has asked Birdsong to serve as Administrative Dean for the Barry School of Law.
February 10th, 2009 by Leonard Birdsong
Birdsong is sitting here in his office this afternoon before class trying to collect his thoughts for his lecture. However, his mind keeps wandering back to last night’s press conference conducted by President Obama. It was our new President’s first press conference and as far as Birdsong is concerned, the “Prez” hit a home run!
