Atlanta’s John Marshall to open Savannah branch, new dean at La Verne

It was a GOOD week for …

Starting Fresh, after Allen Easley resigned as dean of La Verne College of Law. The ABA denied the school’s provisional accreditation in the summer, placing students in a precarious position. The school’s low bar pass rate of 34 percent doomed it for accreditation. As a result, graduates will only be able to take the bar exam in California. Enrollment has plummeted from 425 to 274 students.

Expanding your brand, after Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School announced it would open a branch in Savannah, Georgia in Fall 2012. The school was founded in 1933, but did not receive ABA accreditation until 2005. At that time, there was already The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, so the Atlanta-based school chose to add Atlanta to its name. No word yet on whether it will call its new branch the Savannah John Marshall Law School.