School of Government, Law, & Law Enforcement
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The School of Government, Law, & Law Enforcement at the Yvonne A. Ewell Townview Magnet Center (also know as the Law Magnet) is a college preparatory magnet high school in the Dallas Independent School District.
In the spring of 2007, Robert Giesler, the longest serving principal of the Law Magnet, announced that he was retiring. There is currently an interim dean, Lucy Livingston, serving the school. Revently we had the new principal, Tony Palagonia. Mr. Palagonia, who previously served as a principal at Richardson High School after several years as the law magnet coordinator there, received his JD from the Baylor University School of Law in 1987 and worked as both a lawyer and a judge before returning to his Alma Mater as a teacher.
Although the Law Magnet does not offer competitive sports (students have the option of competing under their local area high school), the school has a wide selection of competitive academic organizations. These include, but are not limited to: SkillsUSA (also known as VICA), Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Policy Debate, Mock Trial, Close Up, T.A.F.E., and Destination ImagiNation.
Notable alumni have attended respectable institutions of higher education such as: Brown University, Hampshire College, MIT, UPenn, Georgetown, Smith, Stanford, University of Chicago, Notre Dame, Wellesley, SMU, and Texas A&M to only name a few. In the past two years, the class valedictorian has attended an Ivy League school -- Yale and Cornell.
Several alumni of the school have gone on to become lawyers and members of the law enforcement profession. One alumnus has even run for U.S. Congress.
The school has recently established a foundation known as the Friends of the Law Magnet. Its purpose is to raise funds to support existing programs and fund other opportunities for Law Magnet students.
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| High schools | … full list Adams | Adamson | Carter | Conrad | Hillcrest | Jefferson | Kimball | Lincoln | Madison | Molina | North Dallas | Pinkston | Roosevelt | Samuell | Seagoville | Skyline | Smith | South Oak Cliff | Spruce | Sunset | W. T. White | Wilson |
| Middle schools | … full list Anderson | Hill | Marsh | Quintanilla |
| Elementary schools | … full list Hooe | Preston Hollow |
| Magnet schools | Townview magnets: Government, Law, & Law Enforcement | Science and Engineering Magnet | Talented & Gifted | Business and Management | Education and Social Services | Health Professions Other High Schools: Washington HS for Performing and Visual Arts | Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet | Skyline Middle/High: Rangel Young Women's | PreK-8: Dealey Montessori | Stone Montessori | 4-8: Travis Academy/Vanguard |
