About two-thirds of Americans now live in states where marijuana is legal for medicinal or recreational purposes, leading some to worry corporate and Wall Street interests will take over the industry.
The foundation for the law school is rooted in the home campus of Concordia University, a fixture in Portland, Oregon, for more than 100 years. The private, liberal arts university started as a training seminary for the Lutheran church, before becoming a junior college after World War II. The Concordia University-Portland of today is a full-scale, four-year liberal arts Christian university with graduate programs and an enrollment of more than 3,500 students, making it the fastest growing university in the state. Concordia University-Portland is one of ten universities operated by the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.