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Proposal: New building may attract more students, faculty to law school ■ Continued from Page 1 there are too few of them.” “It helps to have natural light,” he said. “It would help students' attitudes because the current building feels kind of closed in.” Both Gordon and Moore agree that the new law school, especial ly the library, would benefit the community. “There are people out in the community who would rather do their own law research as well as practitioners who don't have huge libraries of their own who can use our library resources,” said Moore. “More books will become ac cessible,” Moore added. “Be cause of the lack of space, we have some in storage now that can't be used as easily.” Gordon emphasized communi ty outreach. “We would like to have a build ing that allows us to focus on a community of learning within our school and within the Univer sity as a whole, as well as within the State of Oregon,” Gordon ex plained. “We can achieve that through more space for conferences, an improved library and a greater ability to use technology. We're not looking to be this tall, impos ing facade, but more of a building that you might want to peek in and look around and be a part of,” she said. Both Gordon and Moore agree that the new building could in crease the law school's prestige and attractiveness to prospective students and faculty. “The law school administra tion understands the need to at tract some really good profes sors,’’Moore said. “If they come here and they think that their of fice is going to be in a closet, it could affect them.” “A new law building will also draw students. There are proba bly a high percentage of students who choose other schools over ours because of the building,” Moore said. Furthermore, law student groups such as the Women's Law Forum and students who produce journals such as the Journal of En vironmental Law, will stand to benefit from the move. “Currently these groups do not have offices in the law school building or, if they do, they have inadequate ones. They will get better space in the new build ing, "Gordon said. “I'm glad they are proceeding with the project even though I may never take a class there be cause it's important to look to ward the future,” Moore said. “We're doing that by constructing this new building.” Applicants: Law students look for prestigious schools while seeking education ■ Continued from Page 1 Katherine A. Jemberg said. The University’s School of Law has been climbing the national ranks in the U.S. News and World Re ports annual “America’s Best Graduate Schools.” In 1995, the magazine listed Oregon 40 out of 177 ac credited law schools in the United States, which marked the first time the School of Law broke into the top 50. It also listed Oregon in its list of top 10 schools for environmental law. The school slipped back slightly in 1996, to 52 out of 177. Megan Larson, a third year law student from Indi ana, said she did not base her decision to come to Ore gon on rankings as much as she did on reputation. Larson had read that “they have a good environ mental law program and an environmental law con ference.” “The [conference is the] only one of its kind, and it’s put on by students,” Larson said. Larson said she had also been accepted to the Uni versity of Arizona and the University of Georgia, but a student from Oregon called her over the summer to answer any questions she might have. It was that kind of personal touch that helped her make the decision to move to the Northwest. With fewer students applying to law school, com petition for the best and brightest students becomes even tougher. The personal touches Larson men tioned become instrumental in getting students to at tend the University of Oregon after they have been ac cepted. “We’ve been able to maintain our students because we do a thorough and energetic job of educating our applicant pool of how great our law school is,” Jem bergsaid. This is getting more difficult as law schools across the country relax their admission standards in order to fill their classes. "There is a domino effect of the most prestigious law schools offering admission to students who may not have been admitted in year’s past because fewer students are applying," Jemberg said. So a student who has been accepted at the Univer sity of Oregon and Cornell University, which is ranked 11th, may go for the school with the more prestigious ranking. Law students, in particular, are more sensitive about the prestige factor when choos ing a school compared to undergraduates, Jemberg said. There are a number of reasons fewer students are applying to law school. “Careers in technology and science that didn’t exist 10 years ago are skimming off the most intelligent and able students,” she said. The amount of realistic information about what lawyers do has done a lot to dispel the myth that a ca reer in law is glamourous. “Their reputation and their ethics as perceived by the public - people are taking a second look at that,” Jemberg said. “The cost of a legal education is a road block for a lot of people who might otherwise be in terested.” Musique Gourmet Catering to the Discriminating Collector CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED CLASSICAL MUSIC, OPERA, BROADWAY & FILM SCORES ON COMPACT OISC CD’S FROM $5.95 In the Fifthpearl Building 207 E. 5th Avenue OPEN 7 DAYS Free Parking 343-9000 I Mother Kali's Bookstore *'Celebrating women’s lives in all our diversities” ||||K|i||l|f { The recent women’s delegation to Cuba led by Margaret Randall will discuss their trip. 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