law school tuition refund

Two Yale professors have proposed an interesting solution to the nation's oversupply of lawyers. Have law schools offer tuition refunds to first year students if they quit. The National Association of Law Schools, not surprisingly, rejected the idea.

Frustrated by high debt, poor job prospects and his wife's pregnancy, a Boston College Law School student has offered to quit school in exchange for a tuition refund. The student, who is in his third year, spelled out his concerns in an "Open Letter" to George D. Brown, the school's interim dean,...