It was a good week for a free legal education, after Indiana Tech Law School announced it would give 100-percent scholarships to students who enroll this fall. The two-year-old school failed to win provisional accreditation from the ABA this year. Most new law schools in recent years have failed to get provisional accreditation after two years and have lost students as a result.
To offset that, the school is offering a free legal education to any student who remains at the school into January.
“It shows the university’s and the board of trustees’ support for the law school and their belief in the law school, and we hope that’s going to incentivize students to stay,” said Charles Cercone, the law school’s dean.
Graduates, however, will not be able to take the bar exam, unless the school first secures ABA accreditation. Cercone said the scholarships are a way to minimize the risk for students.
