AG To Law School: Close Or Be Closed

The Attorney General of North Carolina has formally notified the U.S. Department of Education that the for-profit Charlotte School of Law is no longer licensed to operate. The 11-year-old law school was first placed under probation by the bar association, then became the first accredited U.S. law school in history to be thrown out of the federal student-loan program. It was cited for chronic problems with admissions, curriculum and test scores on the state bar exam, and the Department of Education accused school leaders of attempting to hide the extent of the problems from students and their families, to maintain enrollment and the flow of tuition money. On Monday, the ABA rejected a “teach-out” plan that would have allowed the school’s remaining students to finish their legal educations in Charlotte.