Taft Law School

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Taft Law School
Parent school William Howard Taft University
Established1984 [1]
School type Private for-profit online law school [2]
Dean Melody Jolly
Location Santa Ana, California, United States
Faculty73 [3]
USNWR rankingNot Ranked - Unaccredited by the ABA
Bar pass rate9% (1/11) (2023)
Website www.taftu.edu

Taft Law School is a private for-profit online law school in Santa Ana, California. It was founded in 1976 and operates through the Taft University System (William Howard Taft University). The school offers Juris Doctor (J.D.) and Master of Laws (LL.M.) law degree programs.

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Although the school is accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission, it is not accredited by the American Bar Association or by the State Bar of California. [4] [5] The Law School Admission Council explains that most states do not "permit graduates of these schools to take the bar examination" nor "admit to their bars a graduate of a non-ABA-approved law school." [6] The California State Bar Committee of Bar Examiners categorizes Taft Law School as a "registered unaccredited correspondence law school." [4] As such, its graduates must pass the First-Year Law Students' Examination, also known as the 'baby bar', in order to be eligible to take the California General Bar Examination. [7] [8]

Bar pass rates

Since 2021, Taft Law School has had 10 or fewer students sit for the California Bar, except for the July 2023 exam, when 11 students took the bar and 1 passed, for a pass rate of 9 percent. [9]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Taft University System". Taft University System.
  2. ↑ "Registered Unaccredited Correspondence Law Schools in California". State Bar of California.
  3. ↑ "Faculty".
  4. 1 2 "Registered Unaccredited Correspondence Law Schools in California". State Bar of California.
  5. ↑ "ABA-Approved Law Schools by Year". ABA website. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Non-ABA-Approved Law Schools". Law School Admission Council . Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Registered Unaccredited Correspondence Law Schools in California" (PDF). State Bar of California.
  8. ↑ The Committee of Bar Examiners classifies distance education law schools into two categories: "registered unaccredited distance learning law schools" and "registered unaccredited correspondence law schools". By rule, a "registered unaccredited distance-learning law school" must require that students participate in not less than 135 hours of synchronous (live) interactive classes per year.
  9. ↑ "General Statistics Report - July 2023 California Bar Examination" (PDF). Retrieved 2025-03-02.
  10. ↑ "Meet the TRBC Team" Archived 2010-07-25 at the Wayback Machine , at the Thomas Road Baptist Church website ("He also earned a law degree (Juris Doctor) in 2005 from William Howard Taft University in Santa Ana, California."), retrieved July 22, 2010 (although he is not a licensed attorney in California California State Bar member records search)
  11. ↑ "District 10 Senate candidate Jim Rice". The Idaho Press-Tribune . Nampa, ID. October 25, 2016.
  12. ↑ California State Bar Member Record
  13. ↑ Lemons, Stephen (August 6, 2009). "Orly Taitz's Online Law Degree". Phoenix New Times . Retrieved August 24, 2009.
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