More than a month after a site team from the American Bar Association visited FAMU’s College of Law, university officials believe they are a step closer to the goal of full accreditation.
Based on what the ABA team told President James Ammons and Dean LeRoy Pernell in a recent wrap-up interview, the two believe the group reacted positively to the college’s improvements.
“They appeared to be impressed with the progress we’ve made so far,” he said.
The ABA team of six legal education and university administrators will not determine compliance or non-compliance with the organization’s “Standards for Approval of Law Schools” but will report its findings back to the full body. A final decision on the law school’s application for full accreditation is expected by August.
On the Orlando campus, students, faculty, administrators and staff are still donning green “Destination: Accreditation” T-shirts. The theme has come to symbolize a genuine culture change at the law school. What started out as a public awareness campaign in preparation for the ABA site visit has evolved into a long-term, campus-wide commitment to propel the FAMU College of Law to the next level of greatness with academic and administrative enhancements.
The changes – including 16 new faculty members and a new Center for International Law and Justice – were on full display in late February when the site team spent four days observing law school operations.
First on the team’s agenda was a tour of the campus, where the team noted the building’s technological advantages and witnessed facility upgrades including the FAMU Café, which opened in December 2008, and the FAMU College of Law Bookstore, which opened in January 2009.
The team reviewed University and law school policies while meeting with University officials, including Ammons, Provost Cynthia Hughes Harris, CFO Teresa Hardee, CIO Robert Seniors, and Vice President for University Relations Carla Willis.
The team also attended a reception hosted by the Orlando Magic, during which they were greeted by a cadre of community supporters including FAMU Board of Trustees Chairman Bill Jennings, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, other elected officials, members of the College of Law’s Board of Visitors, representatives of the law school’s Alumni Council, business leaders, judges and other constituents.
In-between visits to classrooms, where they spoke with law students in the full-time day and part-time evening programs, team members met with administrators to analyze organizational processes and with faculty to review curriculum and scholarship.
The ABA granted the FAMU College of Law provisional approval in August 2004.
Based on what the ABA team told President James Ammons and Dean LeRoy Pernell in a recent wrap-up interview, the two believe the group reacted positively to the college’s improvements.
“They appeared to be impressed with the progress we’ve made so far,” he said.
The ABA team of six legal education and university administrators will not determine compliance or non-compliance with the organization’s “Standards for Approval of Law Schools” but will report its findings back to the full body. A final decision on the law school’s application for full accreditation is expected by August.
On the Orlando campus, students, faculty, administrators and staff are still donning green “Destination: Accreditation” T-shirts. The theme has come to symbolize a genuine culture change at the law school. What started out as a public awareness campaign in preparation for the ABA site visit has evolved into a long-term, campus-wide commitment to propel the FAMU College of Law to the next level of greatness with academic and administrative enhancements.
The changes – including 16 new faculty members and a new Center for International Law and Justice – were on full display in late February when the site team spent four days observing law school operations.
First on the team’s agenda was a tour of the campus, where the team noted the building’s technological advantages and witnessed facility upgrades including the FAMU Café, which opened in December 2008, and the FAMU College of Law Bookstore, which opened in January 2009.
The team reviewed University and law school policies while meeting with University officials, including Ammons, Provost Cynthia Hughes Harris, CFO Teresa Hardee, CIO Robert Seniors, and Vice President for University Relations Carla Willis.
The team also attended a reception hosted by the Orlando Magic, during which they were greeted by a cadre of community supporters including FAMU Board of Trustees Chairman Bill Jennings, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer, other elected officials, members of the College of Law’s Board of Visitors, representatives of the law school’s Alumni Council, business leaders, judges and other constituents.
In-between visits to classrooms, where they spoke with law students in the full-time day and part-time evening programs, team members met with administrators to analyze organizational processes and with faculty to review curriculum and scholarship.
The ABA granted the FAMU College of Law provisional approval in August 2004.
You have got to be kidding with this article. Yesterday they got the worst bar pass rate in the school's history - 52.3%. Out of 10 law schools in the state FAMU was dead last, as usual. Who would give that school full accredition? They must have the lowest rate in the whole nation.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to the college. I am glad to hear things are turning around.
ReplyDeleteYou leeches and maggots apparently just wait for anything that can be corrosive to the FAMily's good name.Idiots. We have to play the game, but our focus is different from some of the others. No big, we know that. You're just threatened by it. None of you j@ck@sses have a law degree either, I'm sure. Bar passaage rate means jack in the grand scheme. You think like anglos, I know why. The western world needs you to travel before you come here and speak on its behlf, because we're changing. And if you're not here to HELP, then HAUL @SS! Different is not deficient, just different. So much for intellect. And you'd be the first to open your mouths about diversity. You've no clue.lol Go RATTLERS. This too shall pass.
ReplyDelete4/14/2009 8:25 AM probably applied and was DENIED. May have applied to PHARMACY, SBI & COE ALSO, with same results.
ReplyDeleteGO FAMU - KEEP THE RIFF RAFF OUT!!!
Lets go FAMU Law School!!! Don't ever give up!!
ReplyDeleteAnd I shall RISE!
ReplyDelete1. What the first idiot failed to mention is that the most reputable law schools in the state had abysmal bar passage rates as well.(see story below from lawschool.com website) All of these law schools have been at it way longer than FAMU. 2 If he thinks its that easy to take the bar exam, he or she should take it, but first, get accepted into lawschool, complete 3 years of law school and pass the background for the bar before even attempting to take the bar.
ReplyDeleteFSU puzzled by state bar exam results;
Florida, Miami passing rates also low
By Doug Blackburn
Democrat Senior Writer
Florida State University is used to seeing its law school graduates fare well on the state bar exam.
Exhibit A: They ranked No. 1 among the state’s law schools in February 2008 for the percentage passing the bar. They also ranked No. 1 in July 2007 and July 2006.
But FSU’s graduates slipped badly this past February, with only 65.0 percent passing the two-part examination.
That put FSU at No. 6 out of 10 law schools in Florida, and below the 70.7 percent state average for passage.
Law school graduates at University of Florida and Miami, traditionally FSU’s primary competitors for the top ranking, fared even worse than FSU. Florida had 64.9 percent passing; Miami had 61.1.
“It’s disappointing and puzzling,” FSU College of Law Dean Donald Weidner said. “We’re going to ask for further particulars so we can further study what happened here.
“All things being equal, it’s something you want to do well on. It’s not something I dismiss lightly.”
There were 784 law school graduates who took the bar exam Feb. 24-25 in Tampa, including 377 who didn’t attend Florida law schools. Twenty-six out of 40 FSU students passed.
Florida International and Stetson universities had the best percent passing, 81.5 and 80.0 percent, respectively.
Why is the bar rate at famu-col so low at 52.3%
ReplyDeleteFAMU-Law got fully accreditation! They annouced yesterday. As the wife of a Rattler I'm very proud of the College of Law. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteyEAH, THAT GOT UNOFFICIAL ACCREDITATION BUT LOOK AT THE PRICE IT TOOK. lOSS OF SOME EXCELLENT FACULTY, BUDDIES OF THE ADMINISTRATION BEING BROUGH IN TO FILL POSITIONS THEY ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR AND THE LOWEST MORALE EVER IN A NEW SCHOOL. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THE TRUGH BE KNOW. STUDENTS WILL LEAVE FOR A BETTER SCHOOL AND FACULTY WILL LEAVE FOR GREATER AND BETTER SCHOOLS TO WORK AT!
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