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Article: Many Va. public colleges don't retain a private legal adviser.(Front)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- October 15, 2009
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The College of William and Mary is unusual if not unique among Virginia state universities in its policy of hiring legal advisers who don't answer to the state attorney general. // The latest such adviser at William and Mary is state Sen. Tommy Norment, R-James City County, who since July 2008 has had a $160,000-a-year job there as a legal counselor and part-time instructor.
The school's practice of hiring its own lawyers dates back years but has come under scrutiny since Norment, a senior lawmaker and key player in steering state funds to the college, was hired.
Inquiries at other state schools Wednesday turned up none that follows such a policy.
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