Unhappy Law School Grad and Taft University

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  1. Garp

    Garp Well-Known Member

    Apparently, Taft University targeted grads of California Western School of Law and encouraged them to sign up for an online $18,000 MBA. Did not sit well with this blogger. It was marketed to increase employability.

    Cal Western cost nearly $70,000 per year but only had just over 31% of it's attorneys employed in full time career JD jobs 9mos after grad (at least according to Wikipedia).
    Outside the Law School Scam: California Western School of Law alum receives a special sales pitch from a school peddling online MBAs to dissatisfied recent law grads.
     
    Garp, Apr 3, 2016
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  2. Garp

    Garp Well-Known Member

    Garp, Apr 3, 2016
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  3. LearningAddict

    LearningAddict Well-Known Member

    I'm saddened that Taft thought it was good idea to use a "vulture" tactic. I can't see how they thought this was going to sit well.

    On another note, it amazes me how many people don't understand a thing about accreditation and what schools are/aren't legitimate. You see people in the comments referring to Taft as "unaccredited" when in fact it actually is accredited by the DEAC and has been for years.
     
    LearningAddict, Apr 3, 2016
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  4. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    True, although it's amusing that in this case it's the MBA program and not the law program playing the role of ambulance chaser....

    Like H.L. Mencken wrote, “Because the plain people are able to speak and understand, and even, in many cases, to read and write, it is assumed that they have ideas in their heads, and an appetite for more. This assumption is a folly.”
     
    SteveFoerster, Apr 3, 2016
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  5. Garp

    Garp Well-Known Member

    I like what one of the commenters said (on blog). The person pointed out the Taft letter had California Western SOL Alumni noted on the side. Of course it was meant to stand for School of Law but considering the huge price tag of the school and 31% employment rate, it probably stood for S--- Out of Luck.
     
    Garp, Apr 3, 2016
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  6. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    In Virginia, K-12 students take "Standards of Learning" exams. Back when they were in elementary school I had to explain to my kids why I was laughing every time they referred to "SOLs". (Thanks a lot, Virginia!)
     
    SteveFoerster, Apr 3, 2016
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  7. Bruce

    Bruce Moderator

    Bruce, Apr 3, 2016
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  8. Garp

    Garp Well-Known Member

    Two well known graduates of Taft Law School (apparently spun off from University) are Jonathan Falwell and Orly Taitz (attorney for birther movement).
     
    Garp, Apr 8, 2016
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  9. Garp

    Garp Well-Known Member

    Jonathan Falwell did not take the bar. His brother (head of Liberty University) has a law degree and I believe is a lawyer. Pat Robertson graduated from law school but failed the bar. His son and heir apparent is a licensed attorney. The late Fred Phelps (Westboro Baptist Church) was actually an attorney (not much in the way of theological training). He started life as a Democrat and Civil Rights lawyer. His daughter is an attorney and I believe the one who files suits on behalf of the church.

    Something about religion and law?
     
    Garp, Apr 8, 2016
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