It was a GOOD week for …
Getting a more practical education, after the ABA endorsed changes to the accrediting standards that will now require law schools to provide a minimum of six hours of legal clinic or experiential training. Schools will also encourage students to log 50 hours of pro bono service. Other changes allow for 15 hours of distance courses during thethree years of law school, up from 12, and students are no longer limited to working 20 hours a week.
It was a BAD week for …
A hopeful law school in Alaska, after The Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education sent the school a cease and desist letter. Known as The Alaska Law School, In God We Trust, the school is the brainchild of a woman named Daun DeVore who has reportedly tried to establish a law school in Alaska in the past. The problem is that she must get approval before seeking students, something she has failed to do.
The Alaska Dispatch News reports that the commission has previously been in touch with the law school at a different web address, but that the site was taken down. The school’s website said it was set to open in 2015, according to the Alaska Dispatch News. However, the current site has also been taken down.
Alaska is the only state in the union without a law school, but Seattle University has plans to open a branch in Anchorage.
