UMass Law School Moving Forward
A proposal to create a law program at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has received approval from the UMass Board of Trustees Committee on Academic and Student Affairs.
The Southern New England School of Law proposed donating its facilities and assets, located in Dartmouth, to the UMass system. The school has about 235 students.
The proposal has received support from Sen. John Kerry, Gov. Deval Patrick and UMass President Jack Wilson. State Treasurer Timothy Cahill, who is running for governor, has opposed the proposal, arguing that it would require the state or UMass to provide $8 million to $10 million in annual subsidies, plus school accreditation expenditures that could end up higher than $100 million over 10 years.
UMass Dartmouth’s proposal for the new school calls for $13.8 million in investments through 2015, all from the law school’s tuition fees and fundraising rather than outside sources.
Wilson’s office has said the proposal will probably go before the full UMass Board of Trustees on Dec. 10. If the trustees approve it, it would go to the Board of Higher Education.
If approved, the law school would enroll its first students in the fall of 2010 and gain provisional American Bar Association accreditation by fall 2013.
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