Law school tuition & Justice

Brian Tamanaha has long been rattling the cages of his friends and colleagues to start talking about the social justice and fairness implications of skyrocketing law school tuition.  He now wonders:

Every year, law schools sponsor an extraordinary number of conferences on a variety of issues, with justice an often-mentioned theme. Yet I do not recall seeing a conference on the justice-related implications of the high tuition charged by law schools (heading toward $40,000 per year at private schools).

In addition to the points mentioned above, such a critical self-examination might also consider the consequences of the shift away from need-based scholarships, and the fact that in some law schools students at the bottom of the class, those with the most dismal earning prospects, are now subsidizing students at the top of the class, those who stand to earn the most.

Shouldn't Catholic law schools be leading the charge on this, particularly at a time when salary prospects are so far removed from the expectations of most non-elite law school grads?  (It's not an easy problem to solve, I realize.  Law school is too expensive, but that does not mean I think I'm overpaid.  There should be more need-based scholarships, but I still want to attract high-LSAT students.  Etc., etc.)