At the Manhattan Institute's Minding the Campus site, Frank Macchiarola and Michael Macchiarola consider the roles of ABA accreditation rules, competition for U.S. News rankings, a student-finance system that encourages the overextension of credit, and rules setting up law schools as gatekeepers for legal practice and discouraging online and other innovative models. More: Ribstein.
Why are law schools so expensive?
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| Isaac Gorodetski Project Manager, Center for Legal Policy at the Manhattan Institute igorodetski@manhattan-institute.org |
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| Bridget Carroll Press Officer, Manhattan Institute bcarroll@manhattan-institute.org |



