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Established
  
Fall 2011

Location
  
Newport Beach, CA, US

Phone
  
+1 800-931-2694

Dean
  
Carole J. Buckner, JD

Website
  
www.stfrancislaw.com

Faculty
  
13

School type
  
Private online law school

Address
  
3rd Floor, 895 Dove St, Newport Beach, CA 92660, United States

Hours
  
Open today · 8AM–5PMFriday8AM–5PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday8AM–5PMTuesday8AM–5PMWednesday8AM–5PMThursday8AM–5PMSuggest an edit

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St francis school of law


The St. Francis School of Law is an online law school based in Newport Beach, California. St. Francis' cumulative pass rate is 66% on the California General Bar Exam and 78% on the First Year Law Students Exam. These pass rates are significantly higher than other online law schools in California. The St. Francis Program emphasizes practical professional lawyering skills training. Upon completion of the four year part-time program, students earn a Juris Doctor degree (J.D.). The affordable program provides a high quality curriculum through live online classes taught by professors with extensive legal practice experience. Enrollment is highly selective at this elite institution and class sizes are small to promote interaction with peers and professors. It is registered as a distance learning law school with the State Bar of California.

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Degrees offered

A Juris Doctor (J.D.) law degree is currently the only degree offered. Students who pass the FYLSX and California Bar Examination and otherwise meet all requirements of the State Bar of California are eligible to be admitted to the State Bar of California and may practice law in California.

The online J.D. program is a four-year program in which students must complete 48 weeks of instruction and 2 weeks of exams each year. Students who complete St. Francis' online J.D. program will have met the legal education requirement of the State Bar of California and may apply for admission to the State Bar of California to practice law.

Faculty

St. Francis' faculty includes Dean Carole J. Buckner, Professor Karen Travis, Professor Willis Baughman, Professor Adam Lippe, Professor Harvey Schweitzer, Professor David Graubert, Professor Howard Klein, Professor Raymond Chao, Professor Michael White, Professor Roger Cusick, Professor Miho Murai, Professor Annie Pan, and Professor Aaron Gershonowitz, among others. For the most current listing check the website. St. Francis focuses on faculty members that are practicing attorneys with substantial professional experience and teaching experience that can be used in the classroom.

Student population

As quoted in a U.S. News & World Report article about online law schools, former dean Peter Young said St. Francis does not target students interested in a career practicing law at large law firms, but instead focuses on "entrepreneurs, working professionals and those considering a career change . . .."

According to St. Francis’ website, over 60% of St. Francis’ students hold master's degrees or Phd’s and the student population includes students from a variety of higher learning institutions such as Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, NYU, Dartmouth, the University of Pennsylvania, Thunderbird, Cornell, U.C. Berkeley, Stanford, and INSEAD.

Tuition

St. Francis' tuition is $9,000 which is all-inclusive. The total tuition for the four-year program is $37,000.

References

St. Francis School of Law Wikipedia