Needless to say, all these estimates will vary somewhat depending upon personal lifestyles. The trustees reserve the right at any time to amend the regulations concerning tuition, fees, and method of payment and to make such changes applicable to students then in the University as well as to new students. Financial Assistance It has long been the policy of the Law School that every admitted applicant who wishes to enroll should not be prevented from doing so by lack of funds. In recent years the necessary financial aid has been provided by a combination of government guaranteed loans, scholarship grants, and University loans, appropriate to the circumstances of each student. Scholarships are available to law students based on a showing of financial need.
Loans are available in conjunction with or independent of a scholarship grant.
In most cases, the assistance afforded will be a combination of grant and loan, taking all factors into account, including the limits of total scholarship funds and the reasonableness of a measure of student financial commitment. It is the policy of the Law School to assist, insofar as possible, deserving students to complete their legal education with a minimum of distraction caused by financial pressures. More than eighty percent of the student body receives some form of financial assistance. A number of scholarships are made with the understanding that the recipient assumes a moral obligation to repay the value of the award. This moral obligation makes possible a maximum utilization of the principal of such funds, thus increasing the resources available for student aid.