Boalt Law School may become private? 

An article in the LA Times describes a plan by Christopher Edley Jr, the first year dean of Boalt Law School, to privatize the school. Edley says doing this will allow Boalt to make decisions without the need to seek the approval of Berkeley administration and give them the money to retain and hire more faculty. He strongly feels this will help them recover from their recent struggles, such as falling from 7th to 13th on the U.S. News rankings. Law schools at public schools like Michigan and Virginia already do this, and they remain in the top 10 of those rankings.

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