Sunday, August 28, 2016
Rocky Mountain High: The Secret Ingredient In Colorado Law School's 'Remarkable Recent Popularity'?
Following up on yesterday's post, Colorado Law School Enjoys All-Time High: Marijuana Law, Policy & Reform: Does Marijuana Legalization at Least Partially Account for the Remarkable Recent Popularity of Colorado Law?, by Douglas Berman (Ohio State):
I am disinclined to assert that hundreds (and perhaps even thousands) of prospective law students are now applying to the University of Colorado Law School just so they can legally relax with cannabis as well as with Coors after a tough week of classes. But marijuana reform has surely contributed to the recent success of the Colorado economy and this success surely produces unique benefits and opportunities for law students and junior lawyers.
Especially at a time when prospective law students are focused on employment prospects during and soon after law school, I think it fair to suggest marijuana legalization at least partially accounts for why Colorado Law is so uniquely attractive to law school applicants during an era when most law school continue to struggle with a significant decline in applications.
For the record, the University of Colorado is #7 on Princeton Review's "Reefer Madness" ranking of the best colleges for students who love to smoke marijuana.
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2016/08/rocky-mountain-high-the-secret-ingredient-in-the-remarkable-recent-popularity-of-colorado-law-school.html
Comments
Don't forget Oregon! Oregon, too, has had legalized recreational marijuana for over one year now, and the three Oregon law schools have not seen a similar uptick in applications.
Posted by: Mohsen Manesh | Aug 29, 2016 9:10:39 AM
As the prior commenter noted, if Berman were serious about wondering whethwr marijuana has driven Colorado Law's application surge, he would look into the obvious question: has there been a similar surge at the University of Denver, university of Washington, or University of Seattle – the three other schools that are in states that recently legalized marijuana? but he hasn't done that. Nor has he asked anyone at Colorado if there might be any other explanation for the application surge here. they say that to a hammer, everything looks like a nail, and I guess that to a marijuana "scholar," the pot explains everything, and you certainly don't want to look into any alternative explanations that might hint that marijuana doesn't explain everything....
Posted by: Scott | Aug 28, 2016 2:46:53 PM
Recreational marijuana is also legal in the District of Columbia. Not sure how the law school situation (6 schools!) will be affected, but now at least we can wonder for real what the politicians on the Hill have put in their pipes!
Posted by: Old Ruster from JD Junkyard | Aug 30, 2016 8:04:58 AM