JULY 25, 2013 – The Charleston School of Law will celebrate a new milestone when its 10th class of students begins next month: an exciting new alliance that will strengthen its position as a model for American legal education for the 21st century.
The school today announces it has reached an agreement to engage in a Management Services Agreement with the InfiLaw System, a network of student outcome-focused, independent ABA-approved law schools. This alliance gives Charleston School of Law a strong succession path and access to pioneering programs and tools that will help it continue to provide students with excellence in teaching, strong faculty relationships, as well as opportunities for public service and community involvement.
“First and foremost, current students and those who will matriculate next month will have a law school experience that we could have only dreamed of and wished for when we were in law school,” said Dean Andy Abrams. “Our students will continue to find the school to be a community of friendly, approachable educators who care about the legal education they receive. But this new alliance will broaden our scope and make many more resources available to our 600 students.”
Among the benefits of the new alliance:
- Courses. Students in Charleston will have access to innovative coursework with other law schools in the alliance.
- Diversity. It will offer more educational opportunities for diverse candidates nationwide, providing access to many who might otherwise not have the opportunity.
- Jobs. Because new graduates and alumni will be able to access job placement services with InfiLaw affiliates, they are expected to have more opportunities to get jobs in South Carolina and in other markets.
- Long-term viability. The Charleston School of Law will have a path of long-term viability in the increasingly competitive and changing environment for legal education.
- Best practices. Students and faculty members will have more access to best practices by working with other affiliates in the network, including skills-based experiential learning opportunities and integrated bar preparation programs.
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This “alliance” is the beginning of the end for CSOL. Those that are currently at the school and can still transfer and those that have yet to come should seriously reconsider their options for graduate school.
This “alliance” is the first step of the sale wherein Sterling Partners (InfiLaw parent company/investment fund) evaluate the quality and longevity of their potential investment. The school is downplaying this right now, of course, because they don’t want to make the school’s value decrease on the talk of sale before a sale can even have a chance to take place.
Andy Abrams and the talking heads at the school will play like all is well, but they all know what is on the horizon. If the handling of this initial announcement is any indication of how the sale/transfer will ultimately play out, everyone involved should run for cover.
Unfortunately, all the malarkey about students being number one, maintaining an academically-enriching environment, etc just isn’t true. After all, the students were the last group to find out about this “alliance”. “For the greater good”? I think they meant “For the Highest Dollar.”
It’s a sad day for CSOL alumni.
It was a sad day for most of them when they were rejected from South Carolina and realized their only option was CSOL.
Some of us were accepted at both, but chose to not spend an additional three years in Columbia. Charleston was pretty appealing at the time, especially with talent like Crystal and Spitz that were plucked from USC Law.
I hate to be rude, but anyone who was accepted at both but chose to blow a shitpile more money to go to a higher priced lower ranked school has more money than brains. Or more debt than brains.
Charleston ain’t that special.
Unfortunately no one can transfer because they waited until after it was too late for all of the students to make the transfer to announce such a change.
Should’ve already transferred if you could.
Better to sit out a year and transfer out than to continue to perpetuate their fraud.
This “alliance” is the beginning of the end for CSOL. Those that are currently at the school and can still transfer and those that have yet to come should seriously reconsider their options for graduate school.
This “alliance” is the first step of the sale wherein Sterling Partners (InfiLaw parent company/investment fund) evaluate the quality and longevity of their potential investment. The school is downplaying this right now, of course, because they don’t want to make the school’s value decrease on the talk of sale before a sale can even have a chance to take place.
Andy Abrams and the talking heads at the school will play like all is well, but they all know what is on the horizon. If the handling of this initial announcement is any indication of how the sale/transfer will ultimately play out, everyone involved should run for cover.
Unfortunately, all the malarkey about students being number one, maintaining an academically-enriching environment, etc just isn’t true. After all, the students were the last group to find out about this “alliance”. “For the greater good”? I think they meant “For the Highest Dollar.”
It’s a sad day for CSOL alumni.
It was a sad day for most of them when they were rejected from South Carolina and realized their only option was CSOL.
Some of us were accepted at both, but chose to not spend an additional three years in Columbia. Charleston was pretty appealing at the time, especially with talent like Crystal and Spitz that were plucked from USC Law.
I hate to be rude, but anyone who was accepted at both but chose to blow a shitpile more money to go to a higher priced lower ranked school has more money than brains. Or more debt than brains.
Charleston ain’t that special.
Unfortunately no one can transfer because they waited until after it was too late for all of the students to make the transfer to announce such a change.
Should’ve already transferred if you could.
Better to sit out a year and transfer out than to continue to perpetuate their fraud.
University of Phoenix, CSOL division.
Next year they open a culinary and HVAC division on campus for those wanting to switch from law.
It will be a matriculation you could only dream about prior.
Cooks and HVAC techs are making more money than recent grads of either CSOL or USC
And probably have less stress and lower blood pressure.
University of Phoenix, CSOL division.
Next year they open a culinary and HVAC division on campus for those wanting to switch from law.
It will be a matriculation you could only dream about prior.
Cooks and HVAC techs are making more money than recent grads of either CSOL or USC
And probably have less stress and lower blood pressure.
CSOL degrees just got further devalued.
CSOL degrees just got further devalued.
More jobs because of the partnership with InfiniLaw? Don’t make me laugh. There’s not enough jobs for the chumps already enrolled in InfiniLaw schools. Adding another crappy law school to the mix won’t suddenly create additional jobs.
At least with local owners, I could pretend that the school was at least nominally interested in serving South Carolina. By selling the school to a company based out of God Knows Where, CSOL eliminated whatever small chance it had at gaining respectability in this state. What a joke.
More jobs because of the partnership with InfiniLaw? Don’t make me laugh. There’s not enough jobs for the chumps already enrolled in InfiniLaw schools. Adding another crappy law school to the mix won’t suddenly create additional jobs.
At least with local owners, I could pretend that the school was at least nominally interested in serving South Carolina. By selling the school to a company based out of God Knows Where, CSOL eliminated whatever small chance it had at gaining respectability in this state. What a joke.
It’s also rather amusing that one of CSOL’s stated goals is “To teach the practice of law as a profession, having as its chief aim providing public service” while the school’s entire purpose is purely for profit. Only a fool would attend a school so blatantly hypocritical.
It’s also rather amusing that one of CSOL’s stated goals is “To teach the practice of law as a profession, having as its chief aim providing public service” while the school’s entire purpose is purely for profit. Only a fool would attend a school so blatantly hypocritical.
This damn place should just drift into the Harbor and sink. There is absolutely no reason for it’s existence other than the investment opportunity for some retired USC School of Law Profs and other Chas. area legal persons ala Alex Sanders.
It is creating a lot of debt with no ability to pay it back.Student Loans are fueling this dump.
This damn place should just drift into the Harbor and sink. There is absolutely no reason for it’s existence other than the investment opportunity for some retired USC School of Law Profs and other Chas. area legal persons ala Alex Sanders.
It is creating a lot of debt with no ability to pay it back.Student Loans are fueling this dump.
I have never posted on this website. I have only visited this website a handful of times in my life. As I find it distasteful. Having said that, recently a friend told me I should check out the things being said about CSOL.
It seems like every post on this website is critical of CSOL, which with the recent sale of the school is now warranted. However, belittling the students who chose to attend CSOL instead of the “almighty” USC is not. For those of you who constantly criticize those students and alumni who chose CSOL, I feel sorry for you. It’s obvious that you have something else going on in your life. Something that is driving you to get on this website and post these negatives comments. I agree that USC is the better law school in SC. It is so clearly obvious that all of you need not mention it every single time you post on here. So give it a break. Grow up. Spend your time doing something of value. If it makes you feel better to get on here and post negative comments, I suggest you find something else that makes you feel better about yourself. Go work out, or pick up a new hobby.
I have never posted on this website. I have only visited this website a handful of times in my life. As I find it distasteful. Having said that, recently a friend told me I should check out the things being said about CSOL.
It seems like every post on this website is critical of CSOL, which with the recent sale of the school is now warranted. However, belittling the students who chose to attend CSOL instead of the “almighty” USC is not. For those of you who constantly criticize those students and alumni who chose CSOL, I feel sorry for you. It’s obvious that you have something else going on in your life. Something that is driving you to get on this website and post these negatives comments. I agree that USC is the better law school in SC. It is so clearly obvious that all of you need not mention it every single time you post on here. So give it a break. Grow up. Spend your time doing something of value. If it makes you feel better to get on here and post negative comments, I suggest you find something else that makes you feel better about yourself. Go work out, or pick up a new hobby.