Lawyer Lisa Feldstein says she is concerned there will be a flood of graduating students with limited opportunities to article.

She says Ryerson would probably create a great law school, but adding more students to the market would make the supply and demand balance for articling positions even more difficult than it already is for graduates.

“Let’s deal with the articling situation first and, once the supply-demand issue is a little more stable, then it may make perfect sense for there to be another law school,” she says.

“I’m sure there are many people who get rejected from law school that would be thrilled for there to be another school to go to in the province. But I think at this point the answer should be no, in the interest of these future law students.”

The law society has been conducting a review of the wider licensing process, which could result in changes to articling.