$795 per hour for a tutor to get a well-to-do child in private school into the Ivy League.And will the tutors go to college with them--to get them into law school?Will they go to law school with them--to get them a good job in a law firm?Will aspiring associates in the law firm be able to privately hire their own "legal assistants" to help them make partner?

Cathleen Kaveny is the Darald and Juliet Libby Professor in the Theology Department and Law School at Boston College.

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