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...Mary D. Upton, assistant dean of the Law School, said yesterday the Law School Admissions Committee (LSAC) decided to allow only ten third-year students per year to participate in the school's "hardship" program because of the steadily increasing number of students requesting third-year transfers...
...Upton said the Committee last year allowed 23 of the 25 students who applied to take their third years at other schools, adding that 12 of those students actually decided to go elsewhere...
...students requested these "hardship" leaves, double the number of 1977 applicants, Upton said...
LSAC decided to limit the number of third-year "hardship" transfers because "We don't want to give the message that Law Schoob is a two-year experience with a third year elsewhere," Upton said, adding, "Law school is a three-year experience...
...Upton said the Committee considered limiting the program to married students but decided against it to be fair to unmarried students...