Southern California Institute of Law

Established| 1986[1]
School type| Private unaccredited
Dean| Stanislaus Pulle
Location| Ventura, California [2], United States
[ ⚑ ] : 34°16′01″N 119°12′47″W﻿ / ﻿34.26694°N 119.21306°W﻿ / 34.26694; -119.21306
Faculty| 10[3]
USNWR ranking| Unranked
Bar pass rate| 21.1% (share of students passing bar within five years of graduation - Ventura Campus)[4]
Website| www.lawdegree.com

Southern California Institute of Law (SCIL) is a private California registered but unaccredited law school located in Ventura, California.[5] The Law School was established in 1986 and operated as a fixed facility law school,[6] accredited by the State Bar of California for twenty-five years, with campuses in both Ventura and Santa Barbara, California, until June 1, 2020.[7]

The Law School now operates as an unaccredited, California registered, distance learning law school.[8]

## Contents

* 1 History
* 2 Registered but unaccredited school
* 3 Lawsuits
* 4 Tuition
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## History

Southern California Institute of Law was founded in 1986.[9] The institute was established as a fixed-facility part-time evening only law school which catered to working adults.[10]

The school is a distance learning unaccredited law school with an evening Juris Doctor degree program.[11]

## Registered but unaccredited school

SCIL is an unaccredited law school registered with State Bar of California Committee of Bar Examiners as a distance learning unaccredited law school requiring the "study of law diligently and in good faith for at least four years" with each of the four years consisting of at "least 864 hours of preparation and study over no fewer than forty-eight and no more than fifty-two consecutive weeks...evidenced by a transcript that indicates the date each course began and ended."[12][13][14]

SCIL is not approved by the American Bar Association. Its graduates are not automatically qualified to take the bar exam in California without meeting unaccredited school requirements and are not qualified to take a bar exam or practice law outside of California in any event.[14][15]

## Lawsuits

SCIL sued the State Bar of California over a requirement that California accredited law schools must maintain a 40% percent bar passage rate over a rolling five-year period, arguing that the State Bar had violated the SCIL's First Amendment rights, that the 40% benchmark was arbitrary and capricious, and that it violated the state's separation of powers. The lawsuit was dismissed by the court with prejudice. The court ruled that the State Bar had exercised its rulemaking authority under the inherent authority of the California Supreme Court over law school accreditation. The court ruled that the State Bar does not function as an executive agency of the legislature, whereby it would be subject to the substantial evidence rule of the California Administrative Procedure Act. Rather, the court held that the rational basis test applied.[16] SCIL filed an appeal in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which affirmed the original U.S. District Court's decision.[17] SCIL later filed an action in state court, which was dismissed on grounds of issue preclusion and was later affirmed by a state appeals court.[18]

## Tuition

The 2020 annual tuition and fees for enrollees was $3,300.[19]

## References

1. ↑ "The Southern California Institute of Law @ Santa Barbara and Ventura". http://legacy.lawdegree.com/index.asp.
2. ↑ "Southern California Institute of Law · 1280 S Victoria Ave Suite 120, Ventura, CA 93003, United States". https://www.google.com/maps/place/Southern+California+Institute+of+Law/@34.2635819,-119.2110398,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x7ec1e906dc58a5f6!8m2!3d34.2635819!4d-119.2110398.
3. ↑ "Faculty | the Southern California Institute of Law". https://lawdegree.com/faculty/.
4. ↑ https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/admissions/Education/MinimumPassRateStandardCumulativePassRates.pdf [bare URL PDF]
5. ↑ "Google Maps" (in en). https://www.google.com/maps/place/Southern+California+Institute+of+Law/@34.2635819,-119.2110398,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x7ec1e906dc58a5f6!8m2!3d34.2635819!4d-119.2110398.
6. ↑ "The Southern California Institute of Law @ Santa Barbara and Ventura Legacy Website". http://legacy.lawdegree.com/content/admission/.
7. ↑ "Southern California Institute of Law Website" (in en-US). https://lawdegree.com/accreditation/.
8. ↑ "Southern California Institute of Law Home Page". https://lawdegree.com/.
9. ↑ "The Southern California Institute of Law @ Santa Barbara and Ventura Legacy Website". http://legacy.lawdegree.com/content/admission/.
10. ↑ "Southern California Institute of Law | NowLegal.com". 2017-02-08. https://www.nowlegal.com/law-school/southern-california-institute-law.
11. ↑ "General Information | The Southern California Institute of Law". https://lawdegree.com/general-information/.
12. ↑ "Law Schools - Registered unaccredited distance learning law schools in California". State Bar of California. https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Admissions/Law-School-Regulation/Law-Schools#distance.
13. ↑ "TITLE 4. ADMISSION AND EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS DIVISION 3. UNACCREDITED LAW SCHOOL RULES". State Bar of California. https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/rules/Rules_Title4_Div3-UnAcc-Law-Sch.pdf.
14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "TITLE 4. ADMISSIONS AND EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS DIVISION 1. ADMISSION TO PRACTICE LAW IN CALIFORNIA". State Bar of California. https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/rules/Rules_Title4_Div1-Adm-Prac-Law.pdf.
15. ↑ "Bar Admission Guide" (in en-US). https://www.ncbex.org/publications/bar-admissions-guide/.
16. ↑ https://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/scil2.pdf [bare URL PDF]
17. ↑ "SO CAL INSTITUTE OF LAW V. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, No. 14-55690 (9th Cir. 2015)" (in en). https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/ca9/14-55690/14-55690-2015-08-24.html.
18. ↑ "S. Cal. Inst. of Law, Inc. v. State Bar of Cal. | B263251 | Cal. Ct. App. | Judgment | Law | CaseMine" (in en). https://www.casemine.com/judgement/us/5914acfdadd7b049347405a0.
19. ↑ "The Southern California Institute of Law Website Tuition Page". https://lawdegree.com/2020-new-enrollees/.

## External links

* Southern California Institute of Law Alumni Association. "Welcome to the Southern California Institute of Law Alumni Association" (in en-US). https://lawschoolalumniscil.com/.

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