Law Students Able to Save Nine Months Under Emergency Plan

Reshuffling its curriculum for the duration of the national defense effort, the Law School will operate 10-week summer school sessions for the benefit of those students who wish to receive their degrees in a shorter than the usual three year period, Dean Landis announced yesterday.

At a meeting Tuesday afternoon, Dean Landis explained, the Law School Faculty adopted broad provisions for a summer school program which will be open both to present students in the School and to those who intend to enroll next fall.

Under the new arrangement students will have the choice of following the old three year schedule or of utilizing the summer to cut down the period required for their degree.

Newcomers Can Cut 9 Months

Those who planned to enter the School next fall will now be able, by taking three summer school sessions of 10 weeks, each, to cut a full nine months out of their schedule. Present first year men will be able to enroll in two summer school sessions and will thereby be able to receive their degrees at least six months earlier. Second year students will take only one course of study at summer school and will be able to reduce the time required for the degree by a proportional amount.

Because of the vast rearranging of schedules which will be necessary, Dean Landis will be unable to announce details about it for at least a month. So far the tuition for the program has not been determined, but presumably the total cost of receiving a degree will be the same as at present.

50 Per Cent to Enter Program

To make it easier for the Administration to plan the detailed arrangements, Dean Landis has requested all undergraduates in the College who might be interested in attending the summer session this year to contact the secretary of the Law School.

He believes that at least 50 per cent of the men now enrolled in the School will enter the program.