The New York Times is featuring a discussion in "Room for Debate" today on the cost of legal education and whether law school should be shortened to two years instead of three. Here is the synopsis:
Law school tuition is rising four times as fast as the cost of an undergraduate degree,which itself is soaring. Despite the high price, students are still flocking to law schools, even if it means going into heavy debt to enter a tight job market with few top-paying openings.
Should the standard three-year model of legal education, followed by taking and passing the bar exam, be the only path toward becoming a lawyer? Could law school be shortened, or should those three years of classes have a different focus?
Contributors include:
David Van Zandt, President of the New School
George Leef, Pope Center for Higher Education Policy
Kevin Noble Maillard, Syracuse University
Rose Cuison Villazor, Hofstra Law School
David Lat, Above the Law
Geoffrey Stone, University of Chicago
Linda Greene, University of Wisconsin
Brian Garner, editor of Black's Law Dictionary.
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