According to Meltzer, Clark has discussed the plan with some of the school's biggest donors and has found a high level of enthusiasm.
Faculty members hope to begin implementing changes as soon as possible.
"We aren't going to sit still and wait for a capital campaign," HLS associate Dean Todd D. Rakoff `68 says.
The last capital campaign at HLS was a tremendous success, exceeding its $150 million goal by $33 million--a good omen for Clarks' plan.
A More Accessible HLS
In the 1990's, law schools like Stanford and Yale began to encroach on Harvard's territory by offering better financial deals to their students.
In the 1998-99 the net cost for a student attending HLS stood at $35,451, almost $2,000 more expensive than Yale and $3,000 more than Stanford, according to the American Bar Association.
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