How important was money when choosing law school?
24 Jul 2009, 22:43
As [url=http://www.legallyindia.com/index.php/20090724105/Law-schools/NUJS-fee-hike-sparks-court-battle-and-student-protests\]NUJS has almost doubled its fees[/url], how important a factor were the tuition fees of an LLB or other law course when you chose?
Do you think there is any relationship between cost and quality?
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A similarly steep hike in the fees , as high as 40 %, can been seen in National Law Institute University, Bhopal not only for new batch but for the existing batches.The students had petitioned to the administration and a fee review committee has been constituted to look into the matter.
The reasons cited were similar to those in NUJS regarding no grants from the state government.
It is condemnable on the part of these National Law Schools to raise their fees by such a huge margin leaving the students availing of bank loan hapless.
An action needs to be intiated against such institutions which are indulging in acts of commercialization of legal education.
I agree, the way it is going right now is not acceptable. Law schools need to procure new sources of revenue, whether that is by hosting paid-for conferences, alumni donation drives or hitting up industry and law firms.
Probably all three of those plus some other creative methods need to be used especially if we want the legal profession to become more diverse and not just the preserve of a few elites.