Re: ALU School of Law DETC Accreditation in JUNE 2009 Perhap

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DETC is for FSA & tax credits

On 2/13/09, Does anyone really care about DETC accred? wrote:
> No one really cares about DETC accreditation. It has no bearing on bar
> admission (in ANY jurisdiction). Instead of DETC accred., these schools
> should worry about their bar pass rates.
>
> If DETC accred. really means anything, how come ALU and NWCU were given five
> year permits to operate by the state bar last year? They are not DETC, and
it
> doesn't matter at all?!?!? You folks are are more in love with the false
idea
> that DETC will somehow provide "acceptance" of your degree by the greater
> legal community. Well, you are probably wrong. DETC will not help you land a
> job at a big firm. Only an ABA degree or a lot of experience after
graduating
> from a DL law school will (unless your daddy owns a firm or you slept with
> and married the daughter/son of a partner at a firm and proposed marriage).
>
> Get real.
>
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> On 2/12/09, DETC wrote:
>> NO DETC decision on ALU will be June 2009
>>
>> On 2/12/09, Don Dmechavos - Wait Until Sept 2009 wrote:
>>> ALU School of Law DETC accreditation is still up in the air is what you
>>> saying. Accreditation for ALU is uncertain, thanks for clarifying.
>>>
>>> Well then students that feel DETC accreditation is an important factor
>>> should wait until September 2009 before considering enrollment at ALU.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 2/12/09, Lawyer wrote:
>>>> I talked to DETC myself.........there is no
>>>> status of "doubtful accreditation" of ALU or
>>>> Cal Southern.
>>>>
>>>> You are spreading rumor not fact.
>>>>
>>>> DETC has no opinion on either school's accreditiation
>>>> and they told me they wont have opinion until June
>>>>
>>>> On 2/12/09, Accreditation is a Marketing Tool wrote:
>>>>> ALU may use the DETC Accreditation process as a lure or bait
>>>> marketing
>>>>> tool to bring new students to the law school that is in a process of
>>>>> decline. Many times schools like ALU know that they can't and won't
>>>>> attain accreditation status but they dangle that "accreditation"
>>>>> carrot in front of students anyway, 1) to attract new students and 2)
>>>>> to retain present students. ALU can't afford to loose any students or
>>>>> its spiral of decline will accelerate.
>>>>>
>>>>> At present ALU School of Law and Cal Southern are dangling the
>>>>> accreditation carrot. DETC accreditation for ALU school of Law is
>>>>> doubtful in near future. Don't get taken by schools that use
>>>>> accreditation as a marketing tool to suck in students.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 2/12/09, Karen wrote:
>>>>>> But DETC does look at the success of its graduates on state exams
>>>>>> be it real estate, CPA, law or others. (Much like the ABA does
>>>>>> for its schools.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The two current DETC schools, Concord and Taft, have pass rates
>>>>>> above the California accredited school rates. (But below the pass
>>>>>> rates of most ABA schools.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can understand that a school can have poor success every once in
>>>>>> a while. But having NO ONE pass on the first attempt?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 2/12/09, FL Attny wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> DETC has nothing to do with CalBar...they both control
>>>>>>>>> different things, so don't correlate DETC accred. w/
>>>>>>>> viability
>>>>>>>>> or bar success... it's like saying the economic stimulus
>>>>>>>>> package is sound because congress approved it, even though
>>>>>>>>> they have zero success rate, its prolly shiate.