Lincoln Memorial University Duncan School of Law v. American Bar Association (TV1)

Filing 21

NOTICE by American Bar Association re 19 Response in Opposition to Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit ABA's Standards for Approval, # 2 Exhibit ABA's Rules of Procedure for Approval, # 3 Exhibit ABA's internal operating practices, # 4 Exhibit December 20, 2011 letter, # 5 Exhibit December 2, 2011 transcript, # 6 Exhibit October 12, 2011 letter and recommendation, # 7 Exhibit September 29, 2011 transcript, # 8 Exhibit Response to Site Report, # 9 Exhibit Site Report and letter, # 10 Exhibit January 2, 2011 letter, # 11 Exhibit July 8, 2010 letter, # 12 Exhibit April 27, 2009 letter, # 13 Exhibit February 24, 2009 letter, # 14 Exhibit Feasibility study, # 15 Exhibit Cost of Attendance, # 16 Exhibit Nashville School of Law: About the School, # 17 Exhibit Belmont University Accreditation Process, # 18 Exhibit LSAC Volume Summary, # 19 Exhibit 2011-2012 Law School Admission Reference Manual Excerpt, # 20 Exhibit UTK Tuition and Fees, # 21 Exhibit TBLE Basic Requirements, # 22 Exhibit TN Supreme Court Rule 7, # 23 Exhibit SACS-COC- About the Commission, # 24 Exhibit SACS-COC Principles of Accreditation, # 25 Exhibit Excerpt from DSOL self-study, # 26 Exhibit DSOL-A Note on Accreditation, # 27 Exhibit WV Rules for Admission)(Thompson, Jeffrey)

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Belmont University College of Law will seek accreditation from the American Bar Association as soon as possible. 
Graduates of ABA-approved law schools may sit for the bar examination in all U.S. states and jurisdictions.
ABA accreditation is a two step process.  The first step for all new law schools is provisional approval.  Under ABA rules,
no new law school may be considered for accreditation until it is in its second year of operation.  It is our intention to
apply for provisional approval in our second year (fall 2012), and our hope is to be provisionally approved at the end of
that academic year (spring/summer 2013).  Students at provisionally approved law schools are given the same
recognition as students at fully approved law schools (ABA Standard 102, Interpretation 102-4).  Upon the award of
provisional approval, students enrolled in the institution and who subsequently graduate are deemed graduates of an
ABA-approved law school (ABA Standard 102, Interpretation 102-10).
The second step is full approval, which requires full compliance with all ABA Standards after having been provisionally
approved for at least two years.  If awarded provisional approval in 2013, the earliest Belmont University College of Law
may apply for full approval is 2015.
Belmont University officials have met with representatives of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to
the Bar, and it is important to note that:
The Dean is fully informed as to the Standards and Rules of Procedure for the Approval of Law Schools by the American
Bar Association.  The Administration and the Dean are determined to devote all necessary resources and in other
respects to take all necessary steps to present a program of legal education that will qualify for approval by the American
Bar Association.  Belmont University College of Law makes no representation to any applicant that it will be approved by
the American Bar Association prior to the graduation of any matriculating student.

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