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Professor Mitchell recalls Bishop Hollifield’s advocacy in restoring FAMU College of Law
Summary
On Legal Connections, Professor Mitchell described how Bishop Hollifield, a Harvard Law graduate and university general counsel, campaigned to win support from the Florida Bar, the Florida Board of Bar Examiners and other stakeholders that helped return the FAMU College of Law after its 1968 closure.
Professor Mitchell told listeners on Legal Connections that Bishop Hollifield played a central, behind-the-scenes role in persuading organizations and officials to support the return of the Florida A&M University College of Law, which had been closed by the board of control in 1968 and was reestablished near the end of President Dr. Frederick Humphre’s tenure around 2000.
"He tapped him to say, ‘you're going to make the case for me to get the return of the [FAMU] College of Law,'" Mitchell said, describing Hollifield as one of the few senior administrators President Humphre kept on staff and as a Harvard Law graduate who served as the university’s first general counsel under Dr. Walter…
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