Rosemary Salomone
Kenneth Wang Professor of Law
Professor Rosemary Salomone continues to
be impressed with the quality and generosity of her
students
Professor Rosemary Salomone has served in a number of roles at
St. John’s School of Law. She’s been the associate academic dean,
she’s been director of the Center for Law and Public Policy, and
she contributes to the law school in a number of ways beyond
teaching and administrative duties.
Prior to joining St. John’s in the mid ’80s, Professor Salomone
was a faculty member at Harvard University in the graduate
education program. And she has served as a trustee of the State
University of New York. Still, regardless of where she’s been or
where she sees herself in the future, she will always be highly
impressed with her students at St. John’s.
“The students who come to St. John’s are very keen of intellect,
very hardworking, very generous of spirit, and that’s what has
struck me in my many years of teaching here. The law school
experience can be very competitive and daunting, particularly for
first-year students. And yet our students are very eager to share
their experiences, share their notes, help each other, and study
together.”
While St. John’s has a national reputation for delivering
top-notch practical skills, Professor Salomone stresses that the
school also delivers a strong intellectual and scholarly
component.
“This law school has a very rich history of educating lawyers.
For the faculty, teaching is our primary responsibility. We take
that very seriously. That being said, there’s a very strong
intellectual and scholarly component. We provide numerous
opportunities for students to share in our research. We host
symposia and conferences and brown-bag lunches.”
And while there are many opportunities for students to engage in
the intellectual life of a lawyer, at the heart of the St. John’s
mission, Professor Salomone says, is the idea of service,
community, and values.
“The value component is very important to us. It’s very much a
part of our mission here.”
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