Alben W. Barkley School of Law

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Alben W. Barkley School of Law
Type Private
Active2004–2008
Dean Larry O. Putt
Location
Paducah
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Kentucky
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US
Campus Urban

The Alben W. Barkley School of Law (formerly the American Justice School of Law) was a private, for-profit law school founded in 2004 in Paducah, Kentucky.

Contents

The school closed on December 31, 2008. [1]

Campus

The Alben W. Barkley School of Law was located in the Paducah Information Age Park Resource Center. As of late December 2007, the physical facilities consisted of more than 68,000 square feet (6,300 m2) with an option to add an additional 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2).

Accreditation

The Alben W. Barkley School of Law was not accredited by the American Bar Association (ABA) although it had sought accreditation. [2] In August 2007, the ABA denied the Barkley School of Law's (while it was still known as the American Justice School of Law or AJSL) provisional accreditation on its first application. [3]

History

The school's founding dean was Dean Paul M. Hendrick, formerly assistant dean, acting dean, and faculty member of Florida Coastal School of Law. [4] The first class entered in the fall of 2005, consisting of 61 students from 27 states. [5]

Dean Hendrick and Associate Dean Jerrod Turner resigned their positions in February 2008. [6] John Daughaday was appointed the acting Dean and Robert Collins was appointed acting Associate Dean of the law school. [7] [8] The new owners assumed the debts of American Justice School of Law in the settlement agreement approved by the court.

In March 2008 Deans Daughaday and Collins resigned. [9]

In March 2008 the American Justice School of Law was renamed the Alben W. Barkley School of Law. [8] [9]

On Wednesday, October 22, 2008, the owner of the Barkley School of Law, Laxmaiah Manchikanti, released a written statement announcing that the school would close as of December 31, 2008. [1] The new owners had filed for bankruptcy in September 2008.

Lawsuit

In November 2007, Thomas L. Osborne, the chairman of AJSL's board and attorney for AJSL, resigned. To enhance connectivity with the regional community, AJSL formed a new board of trustees. [10]

Osborne, when he met to discuss corrections with the Board of Directors, refused to respond to questions from the board members about participants in a meeting he had attended, and left the meeting.

On November 17, 2007, Osborne filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of a minority of the student body and himself as a shareholder of the school. None of these claims was ever proved in court. All claims were withdrawn and dismissed in the settlement in which the new owners supported by Osborne agreed to assume the school's existing debts.

These claims were vigorously denied by all of the law school board members, and all of these claims were withdrawn in a settlement agreement agreed to by all parties before any hearings were held in the Federal Court. Judge Russell incorporated the settlement agreement in his order dismissing the case.

According to Dean Hendrick's statement to the Paducah Sun , the lawsuit boiled down to an attempted hostile takeover of the law school. The new owners assumed the debts of the school.

Thirty of a total 185 students chose to join the suit against Hendrick, Turner, and Shelton. All claims in the complaint were withdrawn in the settlement agreement and the suit was dismissed by the Court. The majority of law school shares were transferred in the settlement to a local physician, Dr. Laxmaiah Manchikanti. [6]

Curriculum

The Alben W. Barkley School of Law required students to complete work in one of its law clinics or take practice skills courses before graduation.

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References

  1. 1 2 Wiedeman, Reeves (October 23, 2008), "Troubled Law School in Kentucky to Close This Year", The Chronicle of Higher Education, Washington, D.C.
  2. ↑ Comprehensive Guide to Bar Admission Requirements Archived 2007-11-17 at the Wayback Machine , 2007 edition, National Conference of Bar Examiners.
  3. ↑ Bar denies accreditation: American Justice School of Law confident it will meet all ABA requirements soon. The school had stated its intent to apply for another ABA review at the soonest permissible date. The Paducah Sun , September 18, 2007.
  4. ↑ "Law school, students confident about start," The Paducah Sun , August 24, 2005.
  5. ↑ Id.
  6. 1 2 Wolfson, Andrew (16 February 2008), "For-profit law school sold, settling suit", The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, p. 1B.
  7. ↑ Bartleman, Bill (21 February 2008), "New law school administrators meet with students: Acting dean says possible name change could be in store for school", The Paducah Sun
  8. 1 2 Bartleman, Bill (28 March 2008), "Law school promises fresh start: School to bear Barkley's name", The Paducah Sun
  9. 1 2 Wolfson, Andrew (28 March 2008), "Paducah law school's future in doubt", The Courier-Journal, Louisville, Kentucky, p. 2B.
  10. ↑ "Law school creates board of trustees," The Paducah Sun , November 14, 2007.
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