Rankings, Economic Challenge, and the Future of Legal Education
Journal of Legal Education, Vol. 61, 2012
8 Pages Posted: 1 Mar 2012
Date Written: February 29, 2012
Abstract
This essay is based on the keynote address Nichol delivered at the annual ABA law deans meeting in 2010. There he claims, in brief: “I believe, given the economics, that we are in for more than a modest dose of change in legal education — public and private, national and regional, elite and virtuously middle-tier. I also think that we are not as well positioned as we should be to deal with the unfolding challenge. We have gone far, in the last twenty-five years or so, toward breaking the bank, pushing costs beyond both call and sustainability. I doubt that we have done so to good end, that we have made optimum investments. I am quite sure that we have failed to bolster a mission in the common good.”
Keywords: legal education
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