Failing law schools
By: Brian Z. Tamanaha
Series: The Chicago series in law and society; Chicago series in law and society
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780226923611; 9780226923628
Subjects: American Bar Association; Law; Law schools; Finance; Study and teaching
Table of contents: title: A law school in crisis; title: Temptations of self-regulation; title: The Department of Justice sues the ABA; title: Why is law school three years?; title: Faculty fight against changes in ABA standards; title: About law professors; title: Teaching load down, salary up; title: The cost and consequences of academic pursuits; title: More professors, more revenues needed; title: The US news ranking effect; title: The ranking made us do it; title: Detrimental developments in legal academia; title: The broken economic model; title: Raising tuition, rising debt; title: Why tuition has gone up so quickly; title: Is law school worth the cost?; title: Warning signs for students; title: Alarms for law schools; title: Going forward; title: Epilogue: a few last words.