New UC Irvine law school to offer free tuition to first class
The plan is part of an ambitious strategy by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky to attract Ivy League-caliber students. 'Our goal is to be a top-20 law school from the first time we are ranked,' he says.
Associated Press
9:40 PM PST, December 24, 2008
UC Irvine's new law school, set to open next fall, is offering a big incentive to top students worried about the cost of a legal education during the recession: free tuition for three years.
The financial carrot is part of an ambitious strategy by Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, a renowned constitutional law scholar, to attract Ivy League-caliber students.
The school hopes to offer full scholarships to all 60 members of its inaugural class in 2009 -- but only the best and brightest need apply. Subsequent classes will face normal tuition...
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