Taft Law School
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| Taft Law School | |
|---|---|
| Parent school | William Howard Taft University |
| Established | 1984[1] |
| School type | Private for-profit online law school[2] |
| Dean | Melody Jolly |
| Location | Santa Ana, California, United States |
| Faculty | 73[3] |
| USNWR ranking | Not Ranked - Unaccredited by the ABA |
| Bar pass rate | 9% (1/11) (2023) |
| Website | www.taftu.edu |
Taft Law School is a private for-profit online law school in Santa Ana, California. It was founded in 1976 and operates through the Taft University System (William Howard Taft University). The school offers Juris Doctor (J.D.) and Master of Laws (LL.M.) law degree programs.
Although the school is accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission, it is not accredited by the American Bar Association or by the State Bar of California.[4][5] The Law School Admission Council 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."[6] The California State Bar Committee of Bar Examiners categorizes Taft Law School as a "registered unaccredited correspondence law school."[4] As such, its graduates must pass the First-Year Law Students' Examination, also known as the 'baby bar', in order to be eligible to take the California General Bar Examination.[7][8]
Since 2021, Taft Law School has had 10 or fewer students sit for the California Bar, except for the July 2023 exam, when 11 students took the bar and 1 passed, for a pass rate of 9 percent.[9]
