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

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It's as useful as toilet paper I tell you, lol

On 2/13/09, some care wrote:
> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.