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The '''Taft Law School''' is a distance education, online-based school of law based in [[Santa Ana, California]]. Taft Law School and [[William Howard Taft University]] comprise the Taft University System.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.taftu.edu/TLS/gi10.htm | title=Message from the Dean |publisher=Taft Law School | date=2009 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2009-09-24}}</ref> The State of California lists Taft Law School among the state's unaccredited schools—Taft is not accredited by either the [[American Bar Association]] or the California Committee of Bar Examiners.<ref name="State Bar">{{cite web|url=http://admissions.calbar.ca.gov/Education/LegalEducation/LawSchools.aspx#unaccredited|title=Law Schools: Unaccredited Law Schools|publisher=[[State Bar of California]]}}</ref> Taft Law School is located in a single suite in an office building in [[Santa Ana, California]]. Taft currently offers [[Juris Doctor]] (J.D.) and [[Master of Laws]] (LL.M.) programs.
'''Taft Law School''' is a distance education, online-based school of law based in [[Santa Ana, California]]. The American Bar Association or the California Bar will only accredited classroom based programs. There Taft Law School is not accredited by either. Taft Law School and [[William Howard Taft University]] comprise The Taft University System.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.taftu.edu/TLS/gi10.htm | title=Message from the Dean |publisher=Taft Law School | date=2009 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2009-09-24}}</ref> The State of California lists Taft Law School among the state's unaccredited schools—Taft is not accredited by either the [[American Bar Association]] or the California Committee of Bar Examiners.<ref name="State Bar">{{cite web|url=http://admissions.calbar.ca.gov/Education/LegalEducation/LawSchools.aspx#unaccredited|title=Law Schools: Unaccredited Law Schools|publisher=[[State Bar of California]]}}</ref> Taft Law School is located in professional office building. It has no classroom facilities.


Taft currently offers [[Juris Doctor]] (J.D.) and [[Master of Laws]] (LL.M.) programs.
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Since the law school is not accredited by the American Bar Association nor by the California Committee of Bar Examiners, Taft students interested in taking the bar exam must take and pass the [[First-Year Law Students' Examination]], also known as the "[[Baby Bar]]," at the end of their first year in order to receive credit for their law study and eventually qualify to sit for the California Bar Exam. Currently the State of California is the only U.S. jurisdiction that allows graduates of online law schools to sit for its bar exam.{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}}


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Since the law school is not accredited by the American Bar Association nor by the California Committee of Bar Examiners, Taft students interested in taking the bar exam must take and pass the [[First-Year Law Students' Examination]], also known as the "[[Baby Bar]]," at the end of their first year in order to receive credit for their law study and eventually qualify to sit for the California Bar Exam. Currently the State of California is the only U.S. jurisdiction that allows graduates of online law schools to sit for its bar exam.{{Citation needed|date=September 2007}}
With the sole exception of the October 2001 examination, the majority of Taft students have failed the Baby Bar since 2000.


Taft is one of two freestanding law schools accredited by DETC. (Concord Law School being the other.)
More than 70% of graduates of American Bar Association-accredited law schools in California pass the bar.<ref name="July 2009 bar" /> Inversely (with the exceptions of July 2000 and February 2007 examinations), more than 70% of Taft graduates have failed the California Bar Exam.


Since the law school is not accredited by the American Bar Association, it is difficult for Taft graduates to apply for the bar exam outside of California.<ref name="TaftAccreditation">{{cite news | url=http://www.taftu.edu/TLS/gi27.htm#7 | title=Will the accreditation allow me to take the bar examination in states other than California? |publisher=Taft Law School | date=2009 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2009-09-24}}</ref>
Since the law school is not accredited by the American Bar Association, it is difficult for Taft graduates to apply for the bar exam outside of California.<ref name="TaftAccreditation">{{cite news | url=http://www.taftu.edu/TLS/gi27.htm#7 | title=Will the accreditation allow me to take the bar examination in states other than California? |publisher=Taft Law School | date=2009 | first= | last= | accessdate = 2009-09-24}}</ref>

Revision as of 00:17, 16 July 2010

Taft Law School
TypeDETC accredited law school[1]
Established1976[2]
AffiliationWilliam Howard Taft University
DeanRobert K. Strouse
Location
3700 S. Susan St., #200
Santa Ana, California 92704
Websitewww.taftu.edu

Taft Law School is a distance education, online-based school of law based in Santa Ana, California. The American Bar Association or the California Bar will only accredited classroom based programs. There Taft Law School is not accredited by either. Taft Law School and William Howard Taft University comprise The Taft University System.[3] The State of California lists Taft Law School among the state's unaccredited schools—Taft is not accredited by either the American Bar Association or the California Committee of Bar Examiners.[1] Taft Law School is located in professional office building. It has no classroom facilities.

Taft currently offers Juris Doctor (J.D.) and Master of Laws (LL.M.) programs.

Since the law school is not accredited by the American Bar Association nor by the California Committee of Bar Examiners, Taft students interested in taking the bar exam must take and pass the First-Year Law Students' Examination, also known as the "Baby Bar," at the end of their first year in order to receive credit for their law study and eventually qualify to sit for the California Bar Exam. Currently the State of California is the only U.S. jurisdiction that allows graduates of online law schools to sit for its bar exam.[citation needed]

Taft is one of two freestanding law schools accredited by DETC. (Concord Law School being the other.)

Since the law school is not accredited by the American Bar Association, it is difficult for Taft graduates to apply for the bar exam outside of California.[4]

Alumni

References

  1. ^ a b "Law Schools: Unaccredited Law Schools". State Bar of California.
  2. ^ "Taft University System". Taft University System.
  3. ^ "Message from the Dean". Taft Law School. 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  4. ^ "Will the accreditation allow me to take the bar examination in states other than California?". Taft Law School. 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  5. ^ Lemons, Stephen (Aug. 6 2009). "Orly Taitz's Online Law Degree". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved 2009-09-24. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)


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