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Concordia hungry to open Boise law school (access required)

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Published: May 15,2008
Time posted: 1:00 am

Concordia University of Portland has set up a Web site for its proposed law school, which includes the private Lutheran college’s rationale for opening a campus in Boise. Of course, there are the obvious reasons, like the fact the Treasure Valley is one of the four largest metropolitan areas in the United States with no law school within 100 miles.

Then, there’s the not so obvious, like the relationship that has developed between Concordia and Idaho through a history of Idaho farmers “providing food to our campus.”

Well, I’m not sure I see the connection between the food supply and legal education. Let’s just hope Concordia doesn’t get a reputation for producing a bunch of corn-fed lawyers. We could all do without that.

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