This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Education

May 16, 2017

Whittier could have weathered the storm

California, a national leader in the attempt to create a gateway for minorities into the legal profession, can ill afford to lose a law school like Whittier. By Stephen F. Diamond

Stephen F. Diamond

Santa Clara Law

See more...

By Stephen F. Diamond

The recent announcement by Whittier College that it was shuttering its half century old law school came as a shock but not a surprise. Demand for legal education has declined significantly over the past several years despite expanding employment opportunities and incomes for lawyers.

But the school could have weathered this storm. Whittier's trustees rejected its own faculty's ...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up