Taft Law School


Founded in 1976, and operating through the Taft University System, Taft Law School is a distance education, online-based law school based in Santa Ana, California. It offers Juris Doctor and Master of Laws law degree programs.
The school is not accredited by the American Bar Association nor by the State Bar of California. The Law School Admission Council lists Taft Law School as a "Non-ABA-Approved Law School" and explains that most states do not "permit graduates of these schools to take the bar examination" nor "admit to their bars a graduate of a non-ABA-approved law school."
The California State Bar Committee of Bar Examiners categorizes Taft Law School as a "registered unaccredited correspondence law school." As such, its graduates must pass the First-Year Law Students' Examination in order to be eligible to take the California General Bar Examination.

Affiliations

Taft Law School is an institutional member of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and American Council on Education. Taft Law School is also a member of the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction.
The Taft University System is an institutional member of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers.

Bar pass rates

In recent years, the school has performed abysmally on the examination. In July 2015, 6 graduates took the California Bar Examination for the first time and none passed. In the administration of the same exam 15 graduates were repeat takers, and only one individual passed. In February 2015, a total of 21 graduates took the exam and only 7 passed. In July 2014, 22 graduates took the exam and 3 passed.

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