Ave Maria Law School Retains Accredition For Now

An interesting July 2, 2008, Wall Street Journal Law Blog article entitled Ave Maria School of Law Dodges Bullet, Retains Accreditation updates us on the saga of Ave Maria Law School which is moving from Florida to Michigan. The Dean circulated a memo from the ABA which states that the school is in compliance with required physical standards. As the article states:

Now we have a dash of good news about the Catholic law school that will soon move from Michigan to Florida. (Hat tip: ATL) The American Bar Association has told the school that it’s in compliance with a standard that requires the school “maintains conditions adequate to attract and retain competent faculty” and remains on the list of ABA-approved law schools, according to a school-wide email sent by acting Dean Eugene Milhizer. Last September then-Dean Bernard Dobranski received a letter from the ABA that said the group had “reason to believe” the school, which is set to move to Florida in 2009, isn’t in compliance with that standard.

Stay tuned. I am sure we have not heard the last of this.

Mitchell H. Rubinstein