“ Dean Fitts has obviously done an enormous amount in building up the Law School, both literally and figuratively. But for many of us,
“ Mike is a visionary. As dean, he possessed the unique gift for understanding, articulating, and sharing how the interdisciplinary education of Penn Law (and the broader University) stands as the essence for what distinguishes our legal education from
his major contribution is one hidden from public view: improving and expanding our scholarly lives in the substantive and moral support that he and the institution provide. I have taught at several other top law schools and, yet, much of my scholarly work of the past decade here at Penn Law would not possible elsewhere. To the extent that my work has value to our larger society, it is a contribution made possible by Mike Fitts.”
all others. In many ways,
Mike is the embodiment of an interdisciplinary approach — multi-skilled, multi-faceted, and multi-dimensional.” Martez Moore L’98, Executive Vice President of Digital Media & Head of Strategy & Business Development, BET Networks
“ Mike has always put the good of the Law School first, ahead of personal advancement or even personal life. Tireless in thinking about how to make the Law School better, tireless in gathering resources to do so, and tireless in guarding all of us, faculty, staff and students alike, against the myriad challenges facing legal education, Mike leaves the Law School a far, far better place.
His deanship was transformational.”
Paul H. Robinson, Colin S. Diver Professor of Law
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Edward Rock L’83, Saul A. Fox Distinguished Professor of Business Law
Mike had a great ability to take the best things about Penn Law and make them even better. Some deans come in with transformative visions that don’t relate much to what the institution already is. Sometimes that works out and sometimes it doesn’t. Mike really understood what the school was when he took over — he loved the school as it was — and he made it a better version of itself.” Kermit Roosevelt, Professor
of Law
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