TY - JOUR
T1 - Deregulation, debt and the discipline of law
AU - Thornton, Margaret
PY - 2014/12
Y1 - 2014/12
N2 - In the 25 years since the introduction of university fees, the legal education landscape has been transformed. The most recent proposal is that fees be deregulated completely. High fees place pressure on law students to secure high-paying jobs in corporate law, although competition policy and technological change have caused such jobs to contract. Rather than all schools continuing to offer a standardized curriculum directed towards traditional private practice, it is suggested that they vary their curricula to take account of the diverse destinations to which more than half of all law graduates gravitate.
AB - In the 25 years since the introduction of university fees, the legal education landscape has been transformed. The most recent proposal is that fees be deregulated completely. High fees place pressure on law students to secure high-paying jobs in corporate law, although competition policy and technological change have caused such jobs to contract. Rather than all schools continuing to offer a standardized curriculum directed towards traditional private practice, it is suggested that they vary their curricula to take account of the diverse destinations to which more than half of all law graduates gravitate.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84983261030&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1037969X1403900402
DO - 10.1177/1037969X1403900402
M3 - Comment/debate
SN - 1037-969X
VL - 39
SP - 213
EP - 216
JO - Alternative Law Journal
JF - Alternative Law Journal
IS - 4
ER -