Albany Law School Freezes Tuition

Albany Law School is freezing its tuition next year, keeping the amount at this year’s level of $38,900.

Dean Thomas Guernsey told the National Law Journal that the decision was made in recognition of the financial stress that many students are facing. In "these particularly uncertain times, we want to do what we can to make it easier for students who are the ones who are incurring all this debt,” Guernsey said.

A law school press release says a survey shows other law schools are increasing tuition by 3 percent to 15 percent. The National Law Journal gives two examples for law schools at the lower end of the range: Stanford is increasing tuition by 3.75 percent and Saint Louis University by 3 percent.

Albany also plans to increase scholarship money for students, but is looking for ways to cut costs at the same time.

Some law schools are cutting budgets by forcing professors and administrators to take unpaid leave or by freezing their pay. Yale University announced a pay freeze for high earners earlier this week.