MESS CLEANER-UPPER REPORTING FOR DUTY: After Failed Search Following Resignation Of Dean Due To Mishandling Of Sexual Misconduct Allegations, Tax Prof Elaine Gagliardi Named Interim Dean At Montana Law School. “Following the shake-up in leadership last year, a trio of law professors, Monte Mills, Sara Rinfret and Cathay Y.N. Smith, served as acting deans. According to the email from [Provost] Mahdavi, Mills and Rinfret “are pursuing exciting opportunities beyond UM next year,” and Smith will be on sabbatical next school year.”

Related: Texas Southern Law School Replaces Dean After Less Than Three Years Amidst Continued Bar Challenges, Fallout From Admissions Scandal. It must have been pleasant in the old days, when a dean ran the law school with help from a couple of secretaries and an assistant and that’s all it took.