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In a First, ABA Yanks Accreditation from Struggling Law School – Law.com

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The school in Phoenix has failed to remedy issues with its admission practices and its education program, the ABA has determined.

The American Bar Association has moved to withdraw its stamp of approval from a fully accredited law school—apparently the first time it has done so.

Arizona Summit Law School will lose its accreditation unless it successfully appeals a decision by the ABA’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar to withdraw the Phoenix school’s accreditation due to a variety of shortcomings related to its admissions and educational program. The school has until June 21 to file a “teach out plan,” with the ABA to lay out an orderly way to cease operations, although that deadline may be pushed back in the event of an appeal. The ABA announced the decision June 8.

Arizona Summit President Donald Lively and Dean Penny Willrich were not immediately available for comment Monday, but Lively told the Arizona Republic that the school will appeal the decision.

“We have done exactly what the ABA asked us to do: increased admission standards, revamped curriculum to ensure rigor and fortified academic support,” he told the newspaper, adding that pulling the school’s accreditation “seems unduly harsh” and that the school meets the current bar pass standard.

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