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The First-Year Law Students’ Examination, as referred to in the Unaccredited Law School Rules, is the examination specified in California Business and Professions Code § 6060(h) and Rule VIII of the Rules Regulating Admission to Practice Law in California.
Rule 4.205 Lists of law schools. The Committee maintains lists of law schools operating in California: those accredited by the Committee, those registered as unaccredited by the Committee, and those approved by the American Bar Association. The lists are available on the State Bar Web site and upon request.
The State Bar published the first California Accredited and Registered Unaccredited Law School Performance Report in 2023, which analyzed data for 2022. This report is based on 2023 data
The State Bar requires CALS and unaccredited law schools to report enrollment and JDs awarded data disaggregated by sexual orientation, disability, and veteran status, while the ABA does not require the same of ABA-approved schools.
This article highlights the ethics advisory opinions that were issued during 2023 by the State Bar of California’s Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC), the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility (ABA), the San Francisco Bar Association’s Legal Ethics Committee (BASF), the...
Enrollment at unaccredited law schools saw an even steeper decline, plummeting by over 80 percent since 2009. This drop coincides with a 50 percent decrease in the number of unaccredited schools during this period, with three schools securing accreditation and 19 schools permanently shutting down.
The unaccredited law schools awarded just 72 JDs in 2022. The ABA-approved schools have not publicly reported data regarding JDs awarded based on gender identity and the intersection of race/ethnicity and gender identity.
