"I graduated from medical school firm in the belief that abortion was a simple, straightforward matter: bad guys did it; good guys did not," Guttmacher explained, but "four years of hospital residency, and several experiences during my early years of practice, radically changed my attitude".
Old school firm boys and recent visitors were celebrating as one, and Leicester were looking lonely at the top again.
Over time, schools, firms and the courts may guide more resources toward public service, helping to improve its quality.
While these old-school firms twiddle their thumbs, some entrepreneurs are stepping in to fulfill the needs of online investors.
22 Report Card on Schools Firm Edison Schools, which may take over dozens of Philadelphia schools, has had mixed success in Michigan.
Nixon Peabody, which employs about 700 lawyers, was created over a dozen years ago through the merger of Peabody & Brown, an old-school firm with deep Boston roots, and New York state-based Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle.
Ray Bordwell, an architect with Perkins & Will in Chicago, one of the nation's oldest school design firms, says that the country will need 6,000 new schools between now and 2006.
Just as the US is home to such school-security firms as ScholarChip and Raptor Technologies, so we have an array of companies who can equip schools with a truly Orwellian array of kit.
The bigger problem, says Mr Alkire, is that schools and firms own students' and employees' time.
Headhunters for headteachers: schools pay firms up to £50,000 to find leaders.
Dan Repetti, a salesman for a school photography firm who lives in Bergen Beach, Brooklyn, wants to buy in Belle Harbor despite cost concerns.
