Against The Tide

-In this episode: By the spring of 1991 MSL's enrollment had surged and the school had put down a million dollars on a beautiful new red brick building. It was time, thought Velvel and Coyne, to seek accreditation from the ABA. But the more they learn about the ABA

-In this episode: Despite a longstanding history of classism and snobbery in the legal profession, Velvel becomes more determined than ever to create a school that would belie commonly accepted stereotypes about and who and what makes up a lawyer. Meanwhile MSL's fir

-In this episode: Whoosh! At 12:38 am on October 22, 1989, the MSL library explodes into flames. The evidence points soundly to arson, but who hates MSL so much that they are willing to risk their safety and future in an attempt to burn down the building? And could

-In this episode: As Commonwealth struggles to survive, and Tsongas tries to wield his influence to bring a Law School to Lowell, Velvel and MSL find themselves drawn into a bigger and tougher battle than they had ever imagined.

-In this episode: Amidst intense pressure on MSL to merge with Commonwealth, former Senator Paul Tsongas, Chairman of Commonwealth's Board of Trustees, is named Chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Regents. Tsongas' new position places him in charge of determining w

-In this episode: After months of endless, determined work The Massachusetts School of Law finally opens its doors. But soon after, former senator, Paul Tsongas, determined to bring a law school to Lowell, joins the board at their rival, Commonwealth. Can the outsider

-In this episode: Exhausted, broke, and disillusioned, Commonwealth students don't know were to turn next. Velvel, on the other hand, is staking everything he owns on a new law school. Is there room for both in The Merrimack Valley?

-In this episode: As President Michael Boland's past begins to come to light and his paranoia increases, Velvel finds his career, even his future, at stake. Could he, and the determined CSL students, attempt the impossible?

-In this episode: Packing up home, family and a sixteen year career in Washington DC, Velvel heads north to Lowell, Massachusetts to begin his new life as Dean of Commonwealth School of Law. But would the new dean succeed in fixing the ailing CSL, or did the schools'

-In this episode: Amidst the national uproar of the Vietnam War, the sentencing of The Chicago Seven, and the horror of Kent State, Velvel finds himself labeled as an "enemy of the state" in conservative, 1960's Kansas.