Making a Case

A proposal to create Massachusetts' first public law school touches off a debate about missions and resources

Table: Comparing test scores, minority enrollment, and other statistics on law schools in Massachusetts.

It has been 188 years since Harvard Law School, the nation's oldest, accepted its first class.

Today Harvard and Massachusetts' eight other law schools turn out about 2,500 freshly minted lawyers annually. The commonwealth boasts one lawyer for every 87

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