http://www.jefound.org Dedicated to improvement of political and judicial systems. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:05:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0 http://www.jefound.org/2007/03/28/comments-on-do-we-need-more-lawyers/#comment-3057 Tue, 05 Jun 2007 03:13:18 +0000 http://www.jefound.org/2007/03/28/comments-on-do-we-need-more-lawyers/#comment-3057 [...] Do We Need More Lawyers? Does California – or the country for that matter – need a new law school? Officials at the University of California at Irvine believe it does and are moving ahead with plans to create another law school even though the state agency charged with studying such issues is unconvinced of the need. The University of California Board of Regents has signed off on the law school which will cost $70 million to build and is expected to open in 2009. Irvine’s law school proposal was sent to the California Postsecondary Education Commission, an advisory group to the Legislature and the governor on higher education, in September. After learning that the commission would recommend against the law school, the university withdrew the proposal to provide more information. After reviewing the revisions, the commission “still is unable to make a recommendation,” said Murray Haberman, executive director. While Irvine is moving ahead, the commission’s reaction has renewed criticism of the project. Dan Walters, a columnist writing for The Sacramento Bee, wrote in an op-ed called “law school plan smells like pork” that studies have demonstrated that California has about “a 90 percent oversupply of lawyers already.” “California doesn’t need another law school that would be built at least partially with voter-approved bond funds and whose operations would be at least partially underwritten by taxpayers,” he said. One area in which Irvine failed to meet commission criteria for new programs was proof of demand. The American Bar Association accredits 19 law schools in California more... Judicial Equality Foundation » Comments on “Do We Need More Lawyers” __________________ To be Truly ignorant, Man requires an Education. (Plato) [...] […] Do We Need More Lawyers? Does California – or the country for that matter – need a new law school? Officials at the University of California at Irvine believe it does and are moving ahead with plans to create another law school even though the state agency charged with studying such issues is unconvinced of the need. The University of California Board of Regents has signed off on the law school which will cost $70 million to build and is expected to open in 2009. Irvine’s law school proposal was sent to the California Postsecondary Education Commission, an advisory group to the Legislature and the governor on higher education, in September. After learning that the commission would recommend against the law school, the university withdrew the proposal to provide more information. After reviewing the revisions, the commission “still is unable to make a recommendation,” said Murray Haberman, executive director. While Irvine is moving ahead, the commission’s reaction has renewed criticism of the project. Dan Walters, a columnist writing for The Sacramento Bee, wrote in an op-ed called “law school plan smells like pork” that studies have demonstrated that California has about “a 90 percent oversupply of lawyers already.” “California doesn’t need another law school that would be built at least partially with voter-approved bond funds and whose operations would be at least partially underwritten by taxpayers,” he said. One area in which Irvine failed to meet commission criteria for new programs was proof of demand. The American Bar Association accredits 19 law schools in California more… Judicial Equality Foundation » Comments on “Do We Need More Lawyers” __________________ To be Truly ignorant, Man requires an Education. (Plato) […]

]]> http://www.jefound.org/2006/08/11/exclusion-of-subversive-groups-from-campus/#comment-10 Wed, 16 Aug 2006 14:38:40 +0000 http://www.jefound.org/2006/08/11/exclusion-of-subversive-groups-from-campus/#comment-10 [...] In response, the Judicial Equality Foundation, Inc., sent this letter to a few campus leaders at the University of Wisconsin: Re: Exclusion of Subversive Groups from Campus [...] […] In response, the Judicial Equality Foundation, Inc., sent this letter to a few campus leaders at the University of Wisconsin: Re: Exclusion of Subversive Groups from Campus […]

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