St. John Fisher College to open law school in Rochester, NY? Maybe.
Whether St. John Fisher College will open a law school in downtown Rochester is still undecided, says Anne Geer, spokeswoman for the college. The idea was proposed a year ago and the college is conducting an assessment of the need for another law school in New York State.
“It’s certainly fair to say that there are people I talk to who are in favor of it,” says T. Andrew Brown, president of the Monroe County Bar Association. “But there are many people who have voiced their concerns about having too many law schools and lawyers already. Beyond the economic promise of a law school downtown, why do we need another?”
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8:15 am on May 7th, 2009
“The college is conducting an assessment of the need for another law school in New York state.” Is there anyway LSH can get a copy of the assessment when it comes out? I think the assessment was paid for by state funds, which should make it subject to the Freedom of Information Act. If they end up determining that there is a need for another law school (despite everything we hear about layoffs), it would be interesting to see how they reached that conclusion. If there is not, the study should be sent to the New York state legislature as they work on Stony Brook and Binghamton proposals for new law schools.