A joint committee has been formed between UC San Diego and the California Western School of Law, to investigate ways in which they could partner together to form a law school at UCSD. Last fall UC Irvine launched the fifth law school in the University of California system, but outside of that there have not been many new law schools in the state. The formation of a UC San Diego School of Law could be a huge gain for students in the region looking to pursue a law degree. However the big challenge at hand is trying to get this law school up and running in a way that is self-supporting, which does not require any money from the state, or UC San Diego funds. (more…)