Duncan School of Law at Lincoln Memorial University

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The Duncan School of Law at Lincoln Memorial University is a law school located in Knoxville, Tennessee, affiliated with Lincoln Memorial University. It was founded in 2009 and accredited by the American Bar Association in 2019.

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Duncan School of Law

In the spring of 2008, Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) announced plans to seek approval to offer legal education leading to the Juris Doctor degree. The law school, named in honor of Tennessee Congressman John James Duncan, Jr., is located in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee in the building commonly referred to as "Old City Hall." [1] The entering class of the Fall 2011 full-time program had an average LSAT score of 147 while the part-time program had an average LSAT score of 145. [2] These scores represent 33rd and 26th percentile of all LSAT test takers. [3] The average GPA for the entering class of 2011 is 3.01 for the full-time program and 2.99 for the part-time program. [2]

In February 2009, the law school received approval from the Tennessee Board of Law Examiners, which allows Duncan School of Law graduates to apply to take the Tennessee Bar Examination. [4] LMU's law school has 231 students. In December 2011, the American Bar Association (ABA) refused the school's application for provisional accreditation. [5] In reaction, the Duncan School sued the ABA, alleging that the ABA was using accreditation to limit the production of new lawyers, thus violating federal antitrust laws. [6] In January 2012, after a judge denied the school's requests for an injunction and temporary restraining order against the ABA, the school filed an appeal with the ABA. [7] As a result of the ABA's denial of provisional accreditation, numerous students withdrew or sought to transfer from Duncan School of Law. [8]

In February 2012, Duncan School of Law was sued by a former student for "negligent enrollment." [9] The case was dismissed in 2013. [10] LMU-DSOL received provisional accreditation in 2014. In total 91% of all LMU-DSOL graduates who have sat for the exam have passed.[ citation needed ] Since the law school graduated its first class in May 2013, 93 percent of LMU Law graduates who have taken a bar exam have passed it.[ citation needed ]

LMU-DSOL was granted full accreditation on March 1, 2019. [11]

LMU-DSOL's 2021 first-time bar passage rate was 50.67%. [12] Of the 2020 graduating class, 62.7% secured full-time long-term bar passage required or JD-advantage employment within 10 months of graduation. [13]

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  1. ↑ "LMU-Duncan School of Law". Lmunet.edu. Archived from the original on May 16, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "LMU-DSOL Admissions". Lmunet.edu. Archived from the original on July 24, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  3. ↑ "LSAT Score Conversion and Chart, LSAT Percentiles and LSAT Scores Conversion – LSAT Prep Online by". Alpha-score.com. March 4, 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  4. ↑ "LMU-DSOL Accreditation". Lmunet.edu. Archived from the original on May 29, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  5. ↑ Karen Sloan (December 20, 2011). "Duncan School of Law denied accreditation". The National Law Journal . Retrieved December 21, 2011.
  6. ↑ "LMU sues bar association over accreditation denial", Knoxville News Sentinel , Associated Press, December 23, 2011
  7. ↑ Jim Matheny (January 18, 2012), LMU's Duncan School of Law files appeal with ABA after judge denies injunction request, WBIR-TV
  8. ↑ Karen SloanContactAll Articles (February 9, 2012). "Spurned law school renews courtroom attack on ABA". Law.com. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Another Law School Sued, But This Time With Allegations of 'Negligent Enrollment' « Above the Law: A Legal Web Site – News, Commentary, and Opinions on Law Firms, Lawyers, Law School, Law Suits, Judges and Courts". Abovethelaw.com. February 16, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Court Case Record Morgan L. Crutchfield vs. Lincoln Memorial University, et al E2013-00273-COA-R3-CV". courtfiles.org. Archived from the original on 2017-01-16. Retrieved 2016-10-10.
  11. ↑ "Lincoln Memorial law school gets full ABA approval". WATE 6. 1 March 2019.
  12. ↑ "Lincoln Memorial University ABA Disclosures". LMUnet.edu. LMU. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  13. ↑ "LMU ABA Disclosures". 4 Feb 2022.

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