Deregulation, debt and the discipline of law

Margaret Thornton

doi:10.1177/1037969X1403900402

Deregulation, debt and the discipline of law

Margaret Thornton^*

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	213-216
Number of pages	4
Journal	Alternative Law Journal
Volume	39
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1037969X1403900402
Publication status	Published - Dec 2014

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