Why Law School Costs So Much

Leef, George

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Why Law School Costs So Much

George C. Leef

Pope Center for Higher Education Policy

Regulation, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 12-13, Spring 2003

Abstract:
Does law school have to cost as much as it does? Because of collusion between state legislatures and the American Bar Association, law school costs much more than it needs to. If we allowed a free market in legal education, the cost of preparing for a legal career would fall dramatically.

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Keywords: Law school, American Bar Association, legal education, free market

JEL Classification: I22, K00

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Date posted: February 22, 2004

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Leef, George C., Why Law School Costs So Much. Regulation, Vol. 26, No. 1, pp. 12-13, Spring 2003. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=500063

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