CSU is confident its law school will resolve ABA compliance issues
The Cleveland-Marshall College of Law on Sept. 30 sent its response to the American Bar Association addressing compliance issues after the ABA earlier said the university's law school was not compliant.
Prior to submitting a response to the ABA, Cleveland-Marshall Dean and Professor Lee Fisher sent an email to students stating that the law school was “working closely in partnership with the university to directly address the issues and provide the information needed to demonstrate [the school’s] compliance,” according to Hailey Hillsman, editor-in-chief of The Gavel newspaper.
Hillsman explained, “the ABA provides accreditation standards that focus on program resources,” while addressing the significance of the ABA and its role in assessing the law school.
The ABA Journal on Sept. 7 reported that CSU's law school had been found to be "out of compliance with an ABA accreditation standard focused on program resources." An ABA notice from Aug. 31 found “significant noncompliance” with Standards 202(a), (c) and (d).
According to the ABA Journal, 202(a) requires a law school’s financial resources to be sufficient to operate in compliance with the standards. Compliance is further defined in Standards 202(c) and (d) which note that a law school is not compliant "if its current or anticipated financial conditions are likely to have a 'negative and material effect' on carrying out a legal education program."
Hillsman mentioned that, “he (Fisher) further expressed that prior to stepping into a role as dean, CM Law was experiencing a financial deficit and that since becoming dean of the law school, CM Law now experiences a surplus of approximately two million dollars.”
While the ABA letter includes multiple compliance issues, Fisher has stated that the school is in a “strong financial position” and that there is “no realistic chance [the school] will ever lose accreditation,” according to Hillsman.
“I am very confident that the ABA will find us to be in compliance at its November meeting,” Fisher said.
Fisher said he was not able to directly comment on the situation until after the November meeting, scheduled for Nov. 18-21.
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