On July 21, The New York Times published, under the heading “The Case Against Law School,” an article by former Northwestern Law School Dean David Van Zandt, whom I’ve never met.
Regarded as a maverick in the legal academy, Van Zandt is now president of The New School. I don’t know how the Times selects its essayists, but Van Zandt earned my “Unfortunate Comment Award” with this: “Law schools and their faculties have a vested interest in requiring students to spend more time on campus and more money at their schools.”
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