Public-interest law cannot thrive if graduates cannot afford to pursue it
The road to the professions of law and medicine has always been long and expensive. They are not for everyone. The necessary standards are not easily achieved without long, hard work and sacrifice, but, if attained, they result in a certain level of privilege. Higher education in the populace is undoubtedly important to the advancement and development of our society, but when a person’s ability to pay the cost of admission is more determinative than merit, should we collectively, through the government, alleviate some of the hurdles to enable more students of merit to achieve these goals?
Is the concept of universal education of less merit than the concept of universal healthcare?
In my day, tuition was not as expensive as it is now, and the government provided a combination of grants and loans that assisted in making it possible. Now they have taken away the grants.