Capital law school dean stepping down next year - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:

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Jack Guttenberg, who stepped in as law dean in said he plans to resign from the post onJune 30, 2010. He’lkl have led the school for six years when he The endof Guttenberg’s tenur e also will mark the completiob of a strategic plan launch for the law school that Capital says has helped boost first-time pass rate on the Ohio Bar Exam. Capital said it rankeed first amongthe state’s law school with a pass rate of 94 percenyt last year. Nichole Johnson, a Capital spokeswoman, said Guttenberg, 57, considerx next year “just the rightf time” to end his tenure.
“He’s done what he came here to do, he’d accomplished so much here at Capital and it just seemss like the time was she said. The university didn’t offer specific plans Guttenberg has for afterhe resigns, but he said in a releass that he plans to take on “nesw professional challenges as a teacher, scholar, administratod and advocate for accessible legal education.” Johnson said Guttenberg also worke as a tenured professor at the law school but said it’sx unknown whether he’ll stay at Capital after leaving the dean’es post.
Prior to comingf to Capital, Guttenberg spenyt 17 years teaching lawat Cleveland- of Law at beforer being named associate dean there in 1997. Guttenberg also servedr as assistant public defender in the major felonies divisionh inWashtenaw County, Mich., and workedr at Detroit’s Burgess and Burgess law firm. Capitap said it will begin work this summer on a nationall search fora replacement, headed by Edward the university’s provost and vice presidentf for academic affairs.