Justin Cooper, a third-year student who is the outgoing vice-president of the Law School Council, says instituting the law colleges may not be enough to fix HLS' problems.

"[The faculty is] going to need to get more involved in terms of advising, social life, and shaping the academic experience outside the classroom," Cooper says.

Students and faculty continue to debate the role of law colleges and whether they should be more oriented towards students' academic or personal matters.

HLS professor David Westfall, who will serve as a Master of one of the law colleges next year, says many of the masters are not entirely sure what their advising focus should be.

Westfall says he will try to foster a sense of community in the future not only with first-years but with upperclassmen after they "graduate" from the first year law colleges.

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