The Law School Scam: Dean of for-profit school begs grads not to take bar exam

[User 4332]

Apparently Infilaw - a for-profit company that operates three law schools - offers some of its graduates $5,000 not to take the bar exam in an effort to protect their bar passage rates and keep accreditation. This just might be a new low for legal education, and it comes just when I didn't think things could get lower.

Law School Dean Allegedly Begged Graduates Not To Take The Bar Exam — On The Day Before The Test | Above the Law

Pleadings in Lorona v. Arizona Summit Law School suggest that while there is a way to keep law school graduates away from the bar exam, not everyone is happy about it. In that suit, plaintiff Paula Lorona, an alumnus and former assistant director of financial aid at Arizona Summit Law, alleges that out of fear of losing accreditation, deans at all three of InfiLaw’s schools — Arizona Summit, Charlotte, and Florida Coastal — began offering $5,000 payoffs to students who were unlikely to pass the bar exam.

 

[Ace]

Apparently Infilaw - a for-profit company that operates three law schools - offers some of its graduates $5,000 not to take the bar exam in an effort to protect their bar passage rates and keep accreditation. This just might be a new low for legal education, and it comes just when I didn't think things could get lower.

Law School Dean Allegedly Begged Graduates Not To Take The Bar Exam — On The Day Before The Test | Above the Law

Anyone who took that crappy offer definitely wouldn't pass the bar. They've at least got to throw in all tuition you paid.

 

[User 4332]

Anyone who took that crappy offer definitely wouldn't pass the bar. They've at least got to throw in all tuition you paid.

And many who turned it down are also unlikely to pass. These schools shouldn't even exist.

 

[TowelWaver]

Obligatory link to Adult Swim clip:

 

[JohnHammond]

 

[qtlaw24]

As someone in the profession, I truly feel for those who are being essentially scammed. I do see some excellent lawyers who come from less than prestigious schools but the chances are very slim for those from schools who have essentially open enrollment. Using my economics background, the opportunity cost for paying and attending such a school are so high, I would not recommend it for anyone, unless that person knew they were basically taking a lottery ticket.

 

[Dick Whitman]

I'm not sure anything after the first four words is necessary in the subject line.

 

[Shropshire Slasher]

The University of American Samoa. Go Sandcrabs!

 

[tapintoamerica]

For-Profit Education is one of the great oxymorons of our time.