This text of California § 6061.7. (6061.7. (Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 87, Sec. 1.)) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering California primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
(a)Any law school that is not approved by the American Bar Association shall publicly disclose on its Internet Web site, with a link from the Internet home page under “Admissions,” all of the following information:
(2)Tuition, fees, and financial aid.
(3)Conditional scholarships.
(5)Number of full-time and part-time faculty, technically trained librarians, and
administrators.
(6)Average class size of each required course and the number of clinical offerings.
(7)Employment outcomes for graduates.
(b)
(1)The information in subdivision (a) shall be disclosed in a standardized information report that is readily accessible to current and prospective students in a manner that is complete, accurate, and not misleading to
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(a)
Any law school that is not approved by the American Bar Association shall publicly disclose on its Internet Web site, with a link from the Internet home page under “Admissions,” all of the following information:
(1)
Admissions data.
(2)
Tuition, fees, and financial aid.
(3)
Conditional scholarships.
(4)
Enrollment data.
(5)
Number of full-time and part-time faculty, technically trained librarians, and
administrators.
(6)
Average class size of each required course and the number of clinical offerings.
(7)
Employment outcomes for graduates.
(8)
Bar passage data.
(b)
(1)
The information in subdivision (a) shall be disclosed in a standardized information report that is readily accessible to current and prospective students in a manner that is complete, accurate, and not misleading to a reasonable student or applicant.
(2)
The State Bar may create a standardized information report template.
(3)
Any law school that
is not approved by the American Bar Association shall include the standardized information report as part of the annual compliance report required to be submitted to the State Bar by all law schools that are not approved by the American Bar Association and are regulated by the examining committee of the State Bar.
(4)
A law school may use the information report template to comply with the information disclosure required under subdivision (a).
(c)
Any law school that is not approved by the American Bar Association shall publicly disclose on its Internet Web site, in a readable and comprehensive manner, all of the following information on a current basis:
(1)
Refund policy.
(2)
Curricular offerings, academic calendar, and academic requirements.
(3)
Policy regarding the transfer of credit earned at another institution of higher education.
(d)
The law school’s transfer of credit policy shall include, at a minimum, both of the following:
(1)
A statement of the criteria established by the law school regarding the acceptance of credit earned for coursework completed at another institution.
(2)
A list of institutions, if any, with which the law
school has established an articulation agreement and the terms of any such agreement. If the law school has not entered into a transfer or articulation agreement with any other college or university, the institution shall disclose that fact.
(e)
All information that a law school reports, publicizes, or distributes pursuant to this section shall be complete, accurate, and not misleading to a reasonable law school student or applicant. A law school shall use due diligence in obtaining and verifying such information.
(f)
A law school that is not approved by the American Bar Association shall distribute the data required under paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) to all applicants being offered conditional scholarships at the time the scholarship offer is made.
(g)
For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1)
“Admissions data” means information from the most recently enrolled fall semester class including the total number of applications, the total number of accepted students, and the 75th, 50th, and 25th percentile scores for the undergraduate grade point averages and law school admission test scores of admitted students.
(2)
“Bar passage data” means the most current cumulative bar pass rates defined and reported by the examining committee of the State Bar.
(3)
“Conditional scholarship” means any financial aid award, the retention of which is dependent upon the student maintaining a
minimum grade point average or class standing other than that ordinarily required to remain in good academic standing.
(4)
“Curricular offering” means only those courses offered in the current and past two academic years.
(5)
“Employment outcomes for graduates” means the results of a survey by the law school, taken three years after graduation, that breaks down the employment rate of graduates in each of the first three years after graduation, including the rate of employment of graduates in jobs where a Juris Doctor degree is required by the employer and the rate of employment of graduates in jobs where a Juris Doctor degree is an advantage in employment.
(6)
“Enrollment data” means information about the number of students
who are admitted to the school per class per year for the past three years, the number of students who transfer to and from the school per class per year for the past three years, and the number of students who do not continue to attend the school each year for the past three years on either a voluntary or involuntary basis.
(7)
“Transfer or articulation agreement” means an agreement between the law school and any other college or university that provides for the transfer of credits earned in the program of instruction.