"Even with the accommodations made by theadministration, there are a lot more labor hoursinvolved with going to other libraries toresearch," he said.

The student asked about receiving credit forhours spent researching and the possibility ofmaking the required third-year research papersoptional.

"The very small subset of people with problemsshould make individual arrangements with theirprofessors," Clark answered.

The largest issue raised by attending students,however, was why students has not been informedearlier of the possibility that Langdell would beclosed. When Clark said that plans for therenovations have been considered by administratorsfor the last six years, students expressed angerthat they had not been made a larger part of theplanning process.

"We came here with the understanding thatLangdell would be available," said Robert C.Bordone, a member of the Law School Council. "Wedon't understand why [the administration] can'twait a few more years until [it has] informedfuture classes, and then proceed with therenovations," he said.

Robert T. Simmelkjaer, president of the LawSchool Council, asked Clark "whether any thoughwas given to informing incoming classes uponadmission that there was the possibility that[renovations making library resources unavailable]could take place at some point during theiracademic careers."

Clark said that postponing renovations orspreading them over several years would incur acost increase of up to 30 percent and would not beconsidered.

Simmelkjaer said it was "very important thatthe administration get an idea of the scope anddepth of student concern."

"Hopefully the administration will take theseissues into account when they approach thedecisions that they make in the next month."Simmelkjaer added. "After today's turnout, itcertainly behooves [the administration] to take agood, long look at the way they're treatingstudents.