There was a time when new law buildings were coming online right and left. And I’m not just talking about a new clinical building here or a renovated library there. I’m talking about fully new law campuses replacing outdated ones.

The rub is that most of those major building projects were launched or approved before the 2008 recession that sent the law school applicant pool into a seven-year downward spiral from which it’s only beginning to recover. (There are a few exceptions, notably Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law and the University of South Carolina School of Law.) For the most part, university administrators appeared wary about launching expensive new buildings at a time when legal education’s future seemed uncertain.

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