Recently, the Jurist published a short article by the Directors of the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, entitled Let it Grow: Why More Law Schools Should Teach Cannabis Law.
The article discusses an annual survey the Center conducts of US accredited law school Cannabis law course survey.
The takeaway is that the Center directors believe law schools are missing an opportunity to prepare law students for one of the hot up and coming legal jobs.
It mentions that more than 75% of US states have a form of legalized marijuana, 20% or less have law schools with cannabis law courses. The actual study is available here. One final anecdotal and unscientific observation.
The study shows that many “lower tier” law schools offer cannabis in contrast to “top schools.” Having taught Cannabis Law at an incredibly diverse CalBar (not accredited) school in SoCal, it comes down to socioeconomics and privilege. “Better” schools feel the stigma and the student body is not as interested.
