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For-Profit Law School Goes Down

Charlotte School of Law, a North Carolina for-profit institution, has shut down.
The law school lost its license after failing to meet deadlines state regulators had imposed for the law institution to continue operating.
The New York Times reports that the North Carolina’s attorney general’s office has been investigating whether Charlotte Law’s students had misrepresented information when enrolling for the school’s law degree.
“I want to express my disappointment for the students and their families affected by Charlotte School of Law’s failure,” Josh Stein, North Carolina attorney general, said in a statement. “While good lawyers have graduated from Charlotte School of Law, the school too often failed to deliver for its students.”
Fewer than one in five admitted students from Charlotte Law’s Class of 2016 had graduated, passed the bar, and got a job requiring a law degree, according to reports by Inside Higher Ed.
Attorney General Josh Stein said the law school had promised students that they would be “ready to practice upon graduation” after the $100,000 cost of their legal education.
Charlotte Law has been hit with tumbling enrollment following its probation by the American Bar Association in November for failing to admit applicants who were “likely to succeed in the program and pass the bar exam.”
The closing of Charlotte Law marks the nation’s second accredited law school to go down this year. Whittier Law School in Southern California announced in April that they would be closing their doors for good following low enrollment rates.
Sources: The New York Times, Inside Higher Ed