Accreditation

The Donald Bren School of Law will seek accreditation from the American Bar Association as soon as possible, a process that takes place over a 3-5 year period. In compliance with ABA Standards, application will be made for provisional approval in the fall after the first full year of the law school’s operation. Provisional approval is dependent upon demonstration of substantial compliance with all ABA Standards. Full accreditation requires full compliance with all ABA Standards after having been provisionally approved for at least two years. A student at a provisionally approved law school and an individual who graduates while the school is provisionally approved are entitled to the same recognition given to students and graduates of fully approved law schools.

The dean is fully informed as to the Standards and Rules of Procedure for the Approval of Law Schools by the American Bar Association. The administration and the dean are determined to devote all necessary resources and in other respects to take all necessary steps to present a program of legal education that will qualify for approval by the American Bar Association. The law school makes no representation to any applicant that it will be approved by the American Bar Association prior to the graduation of any matriculating student.