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For the LBers who have been following the rising cost of law school tuition and debt, University of Massachusetts School of Law has proposed a bold solution: cap tuition for the next three years.

That means the new schools full-time in-state tuition will hold steady at $23,068 and its full time out-of-state tuition at $30,760.

The establishment of UMass Law is about mission, not money, said UMass President Robert Caret on the school website.

The move may also be borne out of necessity. A brutal legal job market has given way to a steep drop in law school applications. UMass, which opened its doors in after acquiring $23 million of assets from the Southern New England School of Law, could have a hard time filling seats if the market doesnt improve.

The American Bar Association gave the school provisional accreditation earlier this month. According to the February Massachusetts bar exam results, not a single first-time test-taker from UMass passed the bar.

With the average debt for class of 2015 is expected to be as high as $210,796, tuition freezes are but one of several ideas floating around.

Brian Tamanaha, professor of law at Washington University and author of the book Failing Law Schools, has suggested a cap on the total amount that each law student can borrow from the government

Law schools would then be forced to set tuition with this limit in mind, he wrote in this May New York Times op/ed.

As for tuition caps, Mr. Tamanaha told Law Blog, Im all for keeping tuition down; its a good thing, the problem is: that level of tuition is still too high.

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The ABA is acting as a Union, with the law schools stealing from the federal govt at the expense of law school students who are enoght to. Eli e the bull $hit the law schools put out on the shiny brouchoures. According to stats 90% of students have full tIme jobs from new york law school, a teir 4 school whos dean make 400k according to non profit website. Why isnt the ethics committe of each state or the fraud bureues ir thr FBI or the DOJ investivating those claims? Next thing the will blame Wall Street? By the way gre book refrenced.

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