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Government

Feb. 5, 2013

State Bar pushes plan to force unaccredited law schools to gain accreditation

The State Bar Committee of Bar Examiners strongly endorsed the idea of forcing the state's unaccredited law schools either to achieve full California accreditiation or shut down.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


GARDEN GROVE - California State Bar officials have strongly endorsed plans either to force unaccredited law schools to gain accreditation or go out of business.


Meeting in a special planning session Friday to explore future initiatives, members of the Committee of Bar Examiners also supported accrediting online, or distance-learning, law schools. The schools, which lack buildings or traditional...

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