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Pages in category "Defunct law schools" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
In the past decade, since 2014, 11 law schools have closed, with the most recent closing, of Golden Gate University School of Law, announced in fall 2023. [ 3 ] In addition, individual state legislatures or bar examiners, like the State Bar of California , may maintain a separate accreditation system which is open to non-ABA accredited schools.
While the law school's practical skills training received a high ranking from the National Jurist Magazine, and the Prelaw Magazine cited its innovation, the school faced financial issues and censure from the ABA in October 2016. Valparaiso School of Law was censured by the ABA in October 2016 for violating ABA Standards 501(a) and 501(b). [13]
Cooley Law School (Cooley) is a private law school in Lansing, Michigan, and Riverview, Florida. It was established in 1972. It was established in 1972. At its peak in 2010, Cooley had over 3,900 students and was the largest US law school by enrollment; as of the Spring of 2022, Cooley had approximately 500 students between its two campuses. [ 4 ]
Whittier Law School was a law school in Costa Mesa, California founded in 1966. The law school was part of Whittier College, a private institution.After several years being ranked among the poorest-performing law schools in the United States based on bar passage rate and job placement, [2] Whittier Law School announced in April 2017 that it would no longer be admitting students and would ...
The Arizona Summit Law School was a for-profit law school in Phoenix, Arizona, that operated from 2005 to 2018.The law school was known until 2013 as the Phoenix School of Law, and was a part of the InfiLaw System of independent, for-profit law schools, which includes Florida Coastal School of Law and Charlotte School of Law, owned by Sterling Partners.
Charlotte Law was established in 2006 and initially accredited two years later. In November 2016, Charlotte School of Law was placed on probation by the ABA, which cited compliance issues tied to the school's admission policies and practices, including admitting applicants "who do not appear capable of satisfactorily completing its educational program and being admitted to the bar". [1]
For 2024, the law school is ranked 180-196 overall out of 196 law schools (the bottom 8% at most) and tied for #60 out of 70 schools in part-time law (the bottom 14%) by U.S. News & World Report. [5] In 2018, the law school received an "A+" in The National Jurist's rankings in the "Best For Diversity" category. [35]