Against The Tide

Debbie Hagan
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Against The Tide

Corrupt business owners, unscrupulous local politicians, impossible odds and a highly unconventional student body are just a few of the obstacles faced by Lawrence R. Velvel, as he packs up his home of 16 years and heads north to become Dean of a brand new law school in Lowell, Massachusetts. When nothing in Lowell turns out to be what it first appears, Velvel and a handful of law students are forced to choose between giving up on their life long dream, and attempting the impossible. This page turning story of the little law school that did is a classic David and Goliath tale, pitting the working class taxi drivers, bank tellers and contractors with the dream of creating a better life for themselves, against wealthy business men, former US Senators, even The American Bar Association. It is a tale of the everyman overcoming adversity and achieving the impossible. It is a true story. "…an inspiring book…" Howard Zinn "A superb book, more compelling than most novels or movie scripts…" Michael Parenti

  1. 01/02/2007

    Chapter 1, Merrimack Valley, Northern Massachusetts, Part 1 - Against The Tide - MP3 edition

    -In this episode: Chapter 1, part 1 of Debbie Hagan's page turner introduces us to the Merrimack Valley: to the Tyngsboro Fire Department as they battle a suspicious barn fire, to an ambitious local determined to make it big, whatever the cost, and finally to Diane Su

    27 min

  2. 02/02/2007

    Chapter 1, Merrimack Valley, Northern Massachusetts, Part 2 - Against The Tide - MP3 edition

    -In this episode: Juggling multiple jobs, family and impossible hours is a small price to pay for Diane Sullivan and her fellow students at Commonwealth School of Law. They have one dream... to create a better future for themselves and their families by becoming an at

    33 min

  3. 03/02/2007

    Chapter 2, The Dean, Part 1 - Against The Tide - MP3 edition

    -In this episode: "Draft card burnings, anti-war protests, feminist marches, racial riots, and political assassinations punctuated the year 1968". The son of Russian immigrants, Lawrence Velvel matures from a precocious Chicago teenager, to a law professor at the raci

    33 min

  4. 04/02/2007

    Chapter 2, The Dean, Part 2 - Against The Tide - MP3 edition

    -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.

    41 min

  5. 05/02/2007

    Chapter 3, Black Saturday, Part 1 - Against The Tide - MP3 edition

    -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'

    31 min

  6. 06/02/2007

    Chapter 3, Black Saturday, Part 2 - Against The Tide - MP3 edition

    -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?

    28 min

  7. 07/02/2007

    Chapter 4, Birth of a Law School, Part 1 - Against The Tide - MP3 edition

    -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?

    33 min

  8. 08/02/2007

    Chapter 4, Birth of a Law School, Part 2 - Against The Tide - MP3 edition

    -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

    29 min
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Corrupt business owners, unscrupulous local politicians, impossible odds and a highly unconventional student body are just a few of the obstacles faced by Lawrence R. Velvel, as he packs up his home of 16 years and heads north to become Dean of a brand new law school in Lowell, Massachusetts. When nothing in Lowell turns out to be what it first appears, Velvel and a handful of law students are forced to choose between giving up on their life long dream, and attempting the impossible. This page turning story of the little law school that did is a classic David and Goliath tale, pitting the working class taxi drivers, bank tellers and contractors with the dream of creating a better life for themselves, against wealthy business men, former US Senators, even The American Bar Association. It is a tale of the everyman overcoming adversity and achieving the impossible. It is a true story. "…an inspiring book…" Howard Zinn "A superb book, more compelling than most novels or movie scripts…" Michael Parenti

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    Debbie Hagan
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