The University of California is preparing to ignore the recommendation of the statutory body charged with passing on proposals for expansion of state-funded higher education, and press ahead with an unneeded new law school, for the University of California, Irvine. According to the Newport Beach Daily Pilot:A state commission has voted against supporting the planned law school at UC Irvine, but university officials said they expected the ruling to have little consequence.The California Postsecondary Education Commission, an advisory group, last week voted not to support UCI's proposal largely because the members felt that California had enough law schools. The UC Regents, however, voted to accept the law school in November, and UCI spokeswoman Christine Byrd said the Regents' decision would likely stand.[Note: the correct timetable is as follows - In September 2006, the CPEC staff concluded its Report that found against the law school at UC Irvine for several reasons, and the issue...(Read Full Post)