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The ABA occasionally revokes accreditation, as was done mostly recently with the Thomas Jefferson School of Law in 2019. 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.
It contains information on all 200 ABA-Approved Law Schools. This reference, called The Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools is provided free online and also in print for a small cost. A similar guide for Canadian Law Schools is also published by the Law School Admission Council and is called Official Guide to Canadian Law Schools.
Non-ABA approved law schools have much lower bar passage rates than ABA-approved law schools, [15] and do not submit or disclose employment outcome data to the ABA. In addition, individual state legislatures or bar examiners may maintain a separate approval system, which is open to non-ABA accredited schools.
In Wisconsin, graduates of ABA-accredited law schools in the state (currently the University of Wisconsin Law School and Marquette University Law School) may be admitted to the state bar through diploma privilege. Oregon permits students who have completed a Juris Doctor program with certain required coursework to obtain bar admission through a ...
In March 2012, the ABA again granted provisional accreditation. [12] Finally, on March 14, 2016, the College received full accreditation from the ABA. [13] However, in November 2019, the College of Law’s board of trustees voted to convert the school from an ABA-accredited institution to one approved by the State Bar of California instead.
Faulkner University acquired Jones School of Law in 1983. Faulkner University's Thomas Goode Jones School of Law is fully accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA). [8] Graduates are eligible to sit for the bar exam in any state.
This category contains ABA accredited law schools in the United States that are not attached to a college or university, as well as independent law schools that ceased to exist prior to the implementation of ABA accreditation.
In 2023, the overall bar examination passage rate for the law school’s first-time examination takers was 83.51%. The average first-time pass rate for ABA accredited schools was 75.46%. The Ultimate Bar Pass Rate for Regent students, which the ABA defines as the passage rate for graduates who sat for bar examinations within two years of ...