UNH May Seek to Create Law School

By Anonymous

The University of New Haven (UNH) recently announced that it is embarking on a feasibility study to create a law school.

UNH President Steven H. Kaplan said that the decision comes after a year of investigation, in which the university met with and studied several law schools, including two that are in their infancy. According to Kaplan, UNH’s idea for a law school has been reviewed by and received high marks from deans of law schools across the country, including Drexel University in Pennsylvania and Elan University in North Carolina.

“The University of New Haven has good reason to pursue the creation of a law school,” Kaplan said. “The experts with whom we shared our vision agreed that it was certainly appropriate for a university with such strong criminal justice and forensic science programs to consider this. Also, one of the university’s four strategic directions calls for UNH to strengthen its arts and sciences program. Creating a law school would certainly fit that goal.”

Each year, approximately 40 UNH students go on to law school following graduation. “We want to offer those students a superb option by considering the creation of a University of New Haven law school,” said Kaplan. “This effort would join with a number of other initiatives that we are aggressively pursuing in our effort to become one of the strongest comprehensive universities in the Northeast.”

UNH currently offers more than 80 undergraduate degrees and more than 25 graduate degrees through its four colleges. It has a full- time undergraduate enrollment of more than 2,400 students and a graduate school enrollment that exceeds 1,700. For more information visit www.newhaven.edu.

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