CSOL Hires New President
By FITSNEWS || The Charleston School of Law (CSOL) announced the hiring of Maryann Jones as its new You must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
By FITSNEWS || The Charleston School of Law (CSOL) announced the hiring of Maryann Jones as its new You must Subscribe or log in to read the rest of this content.
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The “school” had another dismal showing by its alumni on the results of the Summer bar exam. Their horrible passage rate used to make news, especially around here. I guess it’s hardly newsworthy anymore.
A key blessing from the ABA? Like there was ever any doubt? The Only organization more laughable than csol is the ABA. Both deserve to collapse under their own weight.
You are so so so correct. Jean Toal wrote her own assessment on her judicial disciplinary farce under the name of the ABA a few years ago. Then Toal helped buy William Hubbard a stint as president of ABA this year. This is where the Feds should spend a few minutes of their phantom investigation of Toal.
Will, the name of the school she is coming from is Western State College of Law at Argosy University.
“Others have argued government has no business standing in the way of the agreement between these two private sector entities.” Yes, but the State of South Carolina has a right and a responsibility to ensure that there a proper number of attorneys with a proper education practicing in this State.
The NYT reported in 2009 that SC was admitting 506 attorneys to the State Bar with job openings totaling 262.
1) The State sponsors a law school on behalf of its residents that meets current job openings, why have a for-profit one?
2) If bar passage rate is the indicator of quality, then USC is a higher quality school than CSOL.
3) The regulation of the number of admitted attorneys is in the interest of the State, too few lawyers deprive people of justice, and too many means more poor quality attorneys.
4) 506 is approximately 262 X 2. The closure of one of these law schools will end this problem.
Wikipedia says:
The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at the Western State College of Law for the 2013-2014 academic year is $64,357 living at home and $59,493 for a full time student that is self supporting. The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years is $251,417.
In 2013, The National Law Journal reported the graduating class of 2012 had the fourth highest unemployment rate, at 27.7 percent, among all U.S. law schools.
Great! We got us a winner!
Sorry to keep going but:
University of South Carolina:
According to South Carolina’s 2013 ABA-required disclosures, 68.6% of the Class of 2013 obtained full-time, long-term, JD-required employment nine months after graduation.
The total cost of attendance (indicating the cost of tuition, fees, and living expenses) at South Carolina for the 2013-2014 academic year for a non-resident is $62,440, and for a resident is $40,048. The Law School Transparency estimated debt-financed cost of attendance for three years for a non-resident is $240,274, and for a resident is $151,733 .