Matasar, who is leaving the law school next year after nearly 12 years at the helm, made a fairly easy target. He has written numerous articles and delivered many lectures on the need for reform and lower-cost legal education. Yet New York Law School ranks No. 135 out of 196 law schools, according to U.S. News & World Report, and charges a hefty $46,460 in tuition.
Matasar, who is leaving to assume an as-yet-undisclosed position in nonlegal education, served as dean of the University of Florida Levin College of Law from 1996 to 1996 and of Chicago-Kent College of Law from 1991 to 1996. Earlier, he taught at the University of Iowa College of Law for 11 years.
