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Taft Law School
| Taft Law School | |
|---|---|
| Parent school | William Howard Taft University |
| Established | 1984[1] |
| School type | Private for-profit online law school[2] |
| Dean | Melody Jolly |
| Location | Santa Ana, California, United States |
| Faculty | 73[3] |
| USNWR ranking | Not Ranked - Unaccredited by the ABA |
| Bar pass rate | 0% (0/6) (July 2015 1st time takers)[4] |
| Website | www.taftu.edu |
Taft Law School is a private for-profit online law school in Santa Ana, California. It was founded in 1976 and operates through the Taft University System (William Howard Taft University). The school offers Juris Doctor (J.D.) and Master of Laws (LL.M.) law degree programs.
Although the school is accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission, it is not accredited by the American Bar Association or by the State Bar of California.[6][7] The Law School Admission Council lists Taft Law School as a "Non-ABA-Approved Law School" and explains that most states do not "permit graduates of these schools to take the bar examination" nor "admit to their bars a graduate of a non-ABA-approved law school."[8] The California State Bar Committee of Bar Examiners categorizes Taft Law School as a "registered unaccredited correspondence law school."[6] As such, its graduates must pass the First-Year Law Students' Examination (baby bar) in order to be eligible to take the California General Bar Examination.[9][10]
- ^ "Taft University System". Taft University System.
- ^ "Registered Unaccredited Correspondence Law Schools in California". State Bar of California.
- ^ "Faculty".
- ^ "General Statistics Report: July 2015 California Bar Examination" (PDF). State Bar of California. February 27, 2016.
- ^ TLS Tuition
- ^ a b "Registered Unaccredited Correspondence Law Schools in California". State Bar of California.
- ^ "ABA-Approved Law Schools by Year". ABA website. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
- ^ "Non-ABA-Approved Law Schools". Law School Admission Council. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
- ^ "Registered Unaccredited Correspondence Law Schools in California" (PDF). State Bar of California.
- ^ The Committee of Bar Examiners classifies distance education law schools into two categories: "registered unaccredited distance learning law schools" and "registered unaccredited correspondence law schools". By rule, a "registered unaccredited distance-learning law school" must require that students participate in not less than 135 hours of synchronous (live) interactive classes per year.
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