This week, the Maryland Daily Record reported the Maryland General Assembly had directed the University System of Maryland to explore the possibility of opening a branch of the University of Baltimore School of Law in Prince George's County. The idea of the PG law branch is to provide an alternative legal education, with public university tuition rates, to Maryland residents in the DC suburbs. There are five private law schools inside the beltway (American, Catholic, Howard, Georgetown, and George Washington) and one public (UDC). But Maryland residents must pay out-of-state or private tuition levels to attend these schools.
Given the success of the University of Baltimore/Towson University jointly-managed MBA program, UB should consider partnering with a USM school in Prince George's. There are two, the University of Maryland, College Park and Bowie State University. Bowie State is the better option. As an HBCU, partnering with Bowie State would give UB the ability to reach out to underserved populations and assist Bowie State with meeting is unique mission. Additionally, Bowie State is easily accessible from Annapolis, in addition to all of PG. It would be good to see UB and Bowie State consider this option.
Friday, April 17, 2009
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Succinctly put, and I think you're absolutely right. If we are going to expand our law school offerings, doing it in tandem with a school in that area makes the most sense -- and Bowie State would be an excellent match. Nice post!
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