ISU Pans Law School Plans

I do not know of anyone who thought this was a good idea other than the ISU administration. I wonder if they actually studied the need for a law school before they announced it to the public. This action made the administration appear ill-prepared, desperate and out of touch. I know ISU has struggled with declining enrollment while two of the schools that it started (Ball State and University of Southern Indiana) have prospered at its expense. As I mentioned before, this state has urgent employment needs that ISU could address by expanding of some of their programs. Perhaps they will return with another plan.


TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — An attorney and former member of the state’s higher education commission has told Indiana State University administrators that he believes they should not pursue a proposal to start a new law school.

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Note: In the interest of full disclosure, I went to ISU as an undergrad and I am an attorney.

Update: Deliberate Chaos reports on this story as well. He also gives Bureau of Labor Statistics figures for the number of lawyers in each Indiana metro area.