South Texas College of Law Houston and Vermont Law School were recently approved by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar to establish a part-time, hybrid J.D. program.
The schools become the 14th and 15th law schools to offer a hybrid program. William Mitchell College of Law was the first to offer an ABA-approved hybrid degree option in 2013. St. Mary’s University School of Law is the only school with a fully online ABA-accredited J.D. degree option, which was approved last fall.
South Texas College of Law Houston will launch its program this fall.
Working professionals already attend the law school part time, with students attending classes on campus four nights per week. The new hybrid program will be more accessible for several more students who will take classes on campus two nights per week and will complete their remaining coursework in a flexible, online format. Students will be able to decide which schedule fits best for their education.
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Jacksonville University College of Law will be Florida’s first new law school in more than 20 years when it plans to open this fall.
Jacksonville University officials announced recently that the new law program will be funded partly by the City of Jacksonville, which has pledged $5 million to get the school off the ground. And it hopes to enroll between 20 to 30 students in the first year and grow enrollment to 150 by Fall 2024.
Officials reported tuition will be $36,000 annually with merit scholarships also available. Applications are currently being accepted. The law school will be housed away from the main campus in a downtown office building, according to Reuters.
The only law school in Jacksonville was Florida Coastal School of Law, a private for-profit institution that closed last year.
