Downtown Phoenix law school on probation cancels fall classes
Aug 15, 2018, 10:38 AM
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PHOENIX – A Phoenix law school that has appealed a recommendation that its accreditation be pulled has notified students there will be no classes in the fall.
Arizona Summit School of Law was in the process of negotiating a teach-out agreement with Arizona State University, the American Bar Association Journal reported Tuesday, that would allow students to finish their degrees if Summit loses its credentials.
A memo dated June 8 from the American Bar Association said it would “withdraw the approval of Arizona Summit Law School” for “continuing non-compliance with Standards 301(a) and 501(b).”
Standard 501 deals with admission policies, including only accepting “applicants who appear capable of satisfactorily completing its program … and being admitted to the bar.”
According to legal website Above the Law, the average pass rate across the country for first-time test takers in 2017 was 74.99 percent.
Arizona Summit’s pass rate for July 2017 was 25.7 percent, according to data released by the Arizona Supreme Court. First-timers at ASU passed at 74.3 percent; University of Arizona scored 76.1 percent.
The school was placed on probation in March 2017 and its social media accounts have not been updated since then.
The memo went on to say that the school had been instructed to file a teach-out plan within 10 days of the notice’s posting.
A note on the website’s admissions page contained a link to the probationary status.
