Wednesday, March 31, 2004

Law Educators Suing Lawyers who Hand Out Letters

Stopping by the website Citizens for Voluntary Trade this morning I read about a recently filed lawsuit.  The lawsuit was filed by Thomas M. Cooley Law School, out of Lansing, MI, against the American Bar Association (ABA).

Cooley, according the billboards which have started appearing along Michigan roadways, has become the largest law school in the country.  They are suing the ABA over accredidation issues regarding a couple of their satellite programs.

What I find amusing about this, is, not so long, speaking with attorneys I know in this area about Cooley, would bring smiles of derision and deprecating comments.  You know, wink, wink, yeah, Cooley is a “law school” alright, and Yale is just another paper mill.  I can’t figure out if the ABA’s reluctance to accredit Cooley is because they shamelessly billboard advertise, or because Cooley is draining funds from supposedly more “legitimate” law schools.

I wonder if Cooley practices “Moot Court.”

More details here.

Posted by John Venlet on 03/31 at 06:30 AM
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