SAS Law School

SAS Law School (http://www.saslawschool.org.uk) based in London, offers LL.B and LL.M in Law, in cooperation with Southern Eastern University, a US-based institution.

"Through an agreement between ourselves, the National Association of Paralegals (UK) and Southern Eastern University (USA) we are able to offer a unique law degree programme."

Their web site provides "useful" links, but unfortunately neglects to provide a link to their counterpart, Southern Eastern University.

Their beginings seem humble enough:

"The SAS Law School's history goes back just seven years. In 1993 it started as SAS (Solicitors Assistance & Support), a small training organisation seeking to help people, who were not lawyers, gain employment in the legal field.

Within a couple of years law students in growing numbers were attracted to the practical nature of the training programme. Soon SAS found itself running its training courses at various universities in conjunction with University Law Schools.

Between 1996 and 1998 two teaching institutions, one based in the UK - The National Association of Paralegals (NAPL), the other based in USA - The Southern Eastern University (SEU), approached SAS and formed ties."

Unfortunately, no mention of accreditation (Royal Charter or otherwise). Further, a thorough search on my Peterson's disc for Southern Eastern University resulted in a BIG goose egg.

If anyone knows anything more about Southern Eastern University... I'd love to hear about it.

 

I have never heard of Southern Eastern University, and I am from the southern eastern United States. While they may exist, I am certain they don't play football. Also I might be a little dubious of American universities that initiate affiliation efforts with obscure English real estate schools. But, who knows, it may be legit.

Cheers
Craig

 

Discussed on the old AED:

• Southern Eastern University ???
• Scam alert - 'National Association of Paralegals' (UK)
• UK law degree by distance learning

 

Dang, Gert

Do you get the vacuum out after you dig this stuff up?

Thanks for the additional background. Ihad an uncle who used to say, "If it looks like $#%&, smells like $#%&, you don't need to taste it to know it's $#%&."

Viele Dank!

 

They've been described in my book for years. The proprietor, Mr. Grimaldi (who claims a connection with the royal family of Monaco) used to write me some of the most insulting letters I've ever gotten, simply because I made reference to the account, in the national press in England, of how he had offered an undercover London Times reporter a great stack of signed diplomas, in return for a smaller stack of currency. "Grimaldi" insists that never happened, but he never demanded a retraction from the Times.

When I visited the um-campus address 3 or 4 years ago, I found it to be a flat in a small residential building out near the London docks.

 

When I think of the UK and the initials 'SAS', bogus paralegals isn't what comes to mind.

Perhaps they're the paralegals that you hire for the really tough jobs, like serving a summons and complaint on Osama bin Ladin in a cave in Tora Bora.

Equipping your paralegals with submachine guns might bring about a few more out-of-court settlements.