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Education

Jan. 10, 2014

What non-ABA law schools can teach their accredited peers about holding down tuition

In California, law schools accredited by the State Bar and unaccredited schools are much cheaper than the better known schools approved by the ABA. They do it largely with part-time faculties and far smaller libraries.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


People regularly ask Dean E. Barbieri why he doesn't seek accreditation from the American Bar Association for John F. Kennedy University College of Law, currently approved only by the State Bar. "I say I've got 60 million reasons."


That's how much he estimates it could cost to build the large library, hire the full-time faculty and staff and add all the extras to win the A...

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