University of California-Irvine is seking approval for a new law school, which would be the fifth law school in the University of California system (joining Berkeley, Davis, Hastings, and UCLA) and the fourth law school in Orange County (joining Chapman, Western State, and Whittier). See UCI seeks Approval to Build Law School; Five Years After the Last Such Bid Failed, Officials Question Whether the State Really Needs More Lawyers, The Orange County Register, by Marla Jo Fisher. (Hat Tip: JD2B.)
