Delay Urged for Two Planned UC Law Schools
Proposals for law schools at UC Irvine and UC Riverside should be shelved until the state emerges from its economic slump, the top academic officer of the state university system has recommended.
UC Provost C. Judson King made that recommendation in a letter to the California Postsecondary Education Commission.
The panel has no formal power to block the projects, but its findings are considered by University of California regents, whose approval would be required for any new law schools.
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