Suppose, as the first female dean of a law school in Texas, you take its Catholic mission statement seriously: Run the school with a commitment to justice, dramatically increase minority enrollment and develop legal clinics to serve the region's poor and marginalized residents. What happens when you try to set a law school apart by capitalizing on its Catholic identity?

If you ask Barbara Bader Aldave, she'll tell you conflicts develop and you get fired. She did, after nine years of following such a course at St. Mary's Law School in San Antonio. Aldave, one of ...

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