Interviewer
Annie Pontrelli
Files
Description
Robert Sullivan describes serving as assistant dean, and then, dean of the University of Montana (UM) School of Law from 1954 until 1978, when he became vice-president and general counsel of Montana Power Company. Sullivan discusses the School of Law’s transition to the semester system, the initiation of the Board of Visitors, the Indian Law Clinic, the moot court competition, and the school’s efforts to develop a uniform commercial code for Montana. He notes other examples of the law faculty’s efforts in revising the Montana legal system. Sullivan discusses the role that Presidents Carl McFarland and Richard Bowers played in supporting the School of Law. He recalls his enjoyment of and the importance he placed on legal ethics courses to prepare students to be community-minded lawyers.
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Document Type
Oral History
Subjects
University of Montana faculty; University of Montana Indian Law Clinic; Education, Semester system; Education; Montana; Legal system, Montana; Richard Bowers; Carl McFarland; Legal ethics; School of Law; University of Montana-Missoula; Montana Power Company
Original Date
9-24-1991
Time Period
Twentieth century
Geographic Coverage
Montana
Language
eng
Original Collection
University of Montana Centennial Oral History Project, OH 270, Archives and Special Collections, Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula
Digital Publisher
University of Montana--Missoula. Mansfield Library
Rights
Copyright to this collection is held by the interview participants and by the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library, University of Montana-Missoula. Permission may be required for use. For further information please contact Archives and Special Collections: (406) 243-2053 / library.archives@umontana.edu
Oral History Number
OH 270-041, 042
Media Type
Sound; Text
Original Format
2 sound cassettes (2:00:00 min.) analog + 1 transcript (21 p.: 28 cm.)
Digital Format
audio/mp3; application/pdf
Run Time
01:36:50 minutes
Local Filename
OH_270_041_042.mp3; OH_270_041_042.pdf
Citation
Sullivan, Robert, "Robert Sullivan Interview, September 24, 1991" (1991). University of Montana Centennial Oral History Project. 16.
https://scholarworks.umt.edu/umcentennial_interviews/16