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Government,
Education Law,
State Bar & Bar Associations

Jun. 25, 2019

Bar claims legislative barriers are keeping unaccredited law schools open

The State Bar has not been successful in advancing a plan to force the state’s 19 unaccredited law schools to either secure accreditation or gradually shut down, due to what the agency says is legislative resistance.

The State Bar has not been successful in advancing a plan to force the state’s 19 unaccredited law schools to either secure accreditation or gradually shut down, due to what the agency says is legislative resistance.

The unaccredited schools registered with the bar have faced scrutiny because of low bar exam passage rates and significant student attrition.

But Donna Hershkowitz, the bar’s chief of ...

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