<p>Probably seems a rather peculiar question, but why doesn’t Brown have a law school?</p>
<p>part of the answer is that brown's mission has always been very much centered on the education of undergraduates. a medical school was formed at brown out of necessity (brown has the only medical school in the state)--otherwise, brown is considerably less focussed on "professional" vocations than even, say dartmouth which has a medical school, engineering school, and business school.</p>
<p>Yes, that is what I loved about Brown (well that and it's academic liberalness). It's unfortunate for those who aren't able to attend the university for undergraduate studies though...sob...I'll live. Thanks.</p>
<p>You'll notice we also don't have a business school or a true business major. We don't have social work, physical therapy, or pharmacy. These, amongst others, are omitted from Brown consciously-- the focus is on the academic, intellectual pursuit and professionalism is generally frowned upon (engineering and our very small medical school are the exceptions). Even in the more applicable concentrations at Brown, there is far more theoretical emphasis and far less knowledge/fact emphasis.</p>