Posts by David Frakt

The 2018 ABA 509 Required Disclosures are hot off the press and I couldn’t wait to delve into the numbers and see who has been naughty and who has been ...

Recently, the ABA Journal published its picks for the Best Legal Blogs of 2018. I am pleased to report that The Faculty Lounge was on this elite list of 34…

Earlier this fall, the ABA filed a motion for summary judgment, seeking a dismissal of the lawsuit filed by Florida Coastal and its parent company, InfiLaw.  Yesterday, Florida Coastal School ...

In March, the ABA sent a letter of non-compliance to Lincoln Memorial Duncan School of Law, a provisionally-approved school, stating that it had been found out of compliance with ABA ...

A number of states have released bar results from the July 2018 examination over the last several weeks, including New York, Texas and Florida.  Overall, performance on the bar was…

Happy Day After Halloween. In the ghoulish spirit of the season, here is a is a quick update on some of America's most troubled law schools: The Dying: Arizona Summit…

Back in April, I incorrectly surmised that Cooley and the ABA had reached a settlement in their lawsuit.  How else to explain the ABA's decision to find Cooley back in…

The ABA Council has withdrawn approval for Arizona Summit Law School, according to this letter posted on the ABA Section of Legal Education News page.  Arizona Summit had been placed on…

The ABA’s March decision to find WMU Thomas Cooley School of Law back in compliance with Standard 501(b) was puzzling, given the fact that Cooley has been America’s least selective ...

I was wrong.  WMU Thomas Cooley School of Law and the ABA haven’t settled their lawsuit after all.  After I wrote the column on April 28 speculating that they had, ...