It was a BAD week for…
Being in an inaugural class, after Concordia University School of Law announced the ABA would not consider its application for accreditation until June. That means the school’s third-year law students will not be eligible to sit for the bar exam this summer. This is the law school’s first graduating class and the school had hoped to secure ABA approval by now. Idaho requires examinees to have graduated from an ABA pproved law school. However, the ABA delayed its decision on accreditation in August, and appointed a fact-finder to visit the school. The ABA recently announced it has not had time to collect information and will not review accreditation again until June, which will be too late for third years to apply for the bar exam.
There are approximately 25 students on pace to graduate. About 20 of their classmates have already transferred to other schools, taken the year off, or switched to part-time. The remaining students will likewise switch to part-time status or transfer.
