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St. John Fisher President Confident in New Law School
“I would go after Moby-Dick in a rowboat with a can of tartar sauce, that’s how much of an optimist I am,” said Bain, during a 90-minute question-and-answer session sponsored by the Monroe County Bar Association at its office on West Main Street downtown.
Bain said starting a new law school would cost $26 million, but he’s confident the funds can be raised.
“I’m not concerned about the money. We found the money to do everything else we wanted to do,” he said.
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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?”
