For
many,
the
decision
to
go
to
law
school
is
a
costly
investment
in
their
future.
That
cost
may
jump
for
students
aiming
to
attending
University
of
North
Dakota
for
law
school.
After
mathing
the
math
and
realizing
that
the
school
would
be
facing
a
$2.1M
deficit
if
it
stayed
the
course,
the
school’s
Dean
Brian
Pappas
is
looking
to
make
some
changes
to
the
cost
of
attending.
Grand
Forks
Herald
has
coverage:
The
dean
of
UND’s
law
school
says
he
is
bringing
forward
a
proposal
to
increase
tuition
for
current
and
future
students
in
a
bid
to
stave
off
a
projected
deficit…Pappas
proposes
raising
tuition
by
up
to
15%
for
incoming
first-year
law
students
and
up
to
6%
for
current
students,
beginning
next
year.
US
News
Report
prices
the
current
tuition
cost
of
the
school
at
$17,462
a
year.
No
student
wants
to
hear
that
their
(prospective)
law
school
is
going
to
be
bumping
up
the
costs,
but
the
good
news
is
that
even
a
15%
tuition
increase
would
keep
the
cost
of
attending
ND
Law
leagues
below
any
of
the
schools
that
hit
our
most
expensive
list.
The
costs
of
doing
business
aren’t
the
only
issue
Dean
Pappas
has
his
sights
on:
The
School
of
Law
is
also
considering
increasing
its
class
size
from
85
to
100
students
to
increase
revenue
and
meet
the
demand
for
legal
professionals
in
the
state,
Dean
Brian
Pappas
wrote
in
the
Gavel,
the
state
bar
association’s
magazine,
last
week.
Increasing
class
size
to
meet
the
state’s
legal
needs
also
increases
the
pool
of
freshmen
that
pay
towards
the
school’s
deficit.
Sounds
like
a
win
win!
There’s
more
to
it
than
to
do
it
—
Pappas
has
to
get
the
tuition
increase
approved
by
the
state
legislature
first.
It
looks
to
be
an
uphill
battle
given
how
many
people
fought
for
them
to
freeze
tuition
increases,
but
something
has
to
change
if
UND
wants
to
stay
out
of
the
red.
UND
School
of
Law
faces
$2.1
million
deficit
by
2028
[Grand
Forks
Herald]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.