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St. Francis School of Law Dean Carole Buckner announced that our students have reported that 100% of our students taking the First Year Law Students Exam (FYLSE) for the first time have passed the most recent exam. Results were released in December 2016 for the...Dec 12, 2016 | Uncategorized
Charles Cresson Wood, J.D., St. Francis School of Law class of 2016, published his article Solving the Information Security & Privacy Crisis by Expanding the Scope of Top Management Personal Liability in the Notre Dame Law School Journal of Legislation. The...Dec 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
The California State Bar’s Committee of Bar Examiners has the responsibility of conducting periodic inspections of all law schools in California other than ABA law schools. In doing so, the Committee examines the entire operation of law schools, including the school’s...Nov 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Dean Carole J. Buckner has announced that St. Francis School of Law graduates posted a 66.6% first time pass rate on the July 2017 California State Bar Exam. The overall average pass rate for the exam was 56% for first time takers and 43% overall. The entire St....Nov 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
Not long ago at a bar association meeting I met a lawyer who introduced his practice to me by stating, “I’m a lawyer for normal people.” He went on to explain he did not charge a lot and tried very hard to meet the legal needs of the average person. I have never met...Nov 15, 2016 | Uncategorized
A recent article published by the American Bar Association, Solving the Other Legal Education Crisis, by Darth Vaughn and Casey Flaherty proposes that “the bar can do quite a bit to ensure that law students do not graduate with such a crushing debt burden,” and should...