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Old Posted Feb 25, 2013, 7:57 PM
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MUN conducting review to explore feasibility of law school

The Telegram
Feb 25, 2013
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Memorial University is planning to explore the feasibility of setting up a law school, something last explored in 1987.
According to a news release Lynne Phillips, dean of the Faculty of Arts, will chair a committee that includes additional university membership, a representative of the provincial legal community and an external voice.
The review will be restricted to consideration of a faculty of law as a professional school, as opposed to a degree program or department of law. The review will also examine the demographics of existing Canadian law schools, current and future needs for more lawyers, and benefits to Memorial, among other goals.
MUN has previously considered adding a law school on two occassions.
The Harris Report, 1976, concluded that there was no demonstrated need for a law school at Memorial, and the Bruce Report, 1987, which endorsed a law school in principle, but not at that time.
Last year, the Law Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador and the provincial branch of the Canadian Bar Association supported a review of the concept of a faculty of law, a position later endorsed by the chief justice of Newfoundland and Labrador...
http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Loca...f-law-school/1
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