University
Presidents tend to like legacy projects. Mose Morgan built the Music School;
others, including engineering, medical, nursing and business are all important legacy
projects of Memorial Presidents.
But, do we
need a law school? The arguments are
murkier than those advanced for the other professional schools.
This Province’s
population has actually declined, and the number of practising lawyers has
increased, since the idea of a law school was first studied. This might suggest
that the number of lawyers, per capita, is a meaningful measurement of how well
a society is served, by that group. But,
is it?
