§ 94910.5. — 94910.5. (Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 510, Sec. 99.)

(a)
Notwithstanding any other law, a law school that meets the criteria of subdivision (b) shall be deemed to satisfy the requirements of this chapter regarding a School Performance Fact Sheet by doing all of the following:
(1)
Complying with Standard 509 of the American Bar Association’s Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools, as that standard may be amended.
(2)
Providing completion rates of students and placement rates, bar passage rates, and salary and wage information of graduates to prospective students prior to enrollment through the law school application process administered by the Law School Admission Council.
(3)
(A)
Providing to prospective students any additional information required to be reported on a School Performance Fact Sheet that is not reported pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), including, but not limited to, the most recent three-year cohort default rate reported by the United States Department of Education for the law school and the percentage of enrolled students receiving federal student loans.
(B)
If the law school’s three-year cohort default rate reported by the United States Department of Education is aggregated with the three-year cohort default rate of an institution to which the law school belongs, then the law school shall provide to prospective students the law school’s three-year cohort default rate disaggregated from the institution’s three-year cohort default rate.
(C)
The law school shall, at a minimum, provide the
information described in this paragraph to prospective students by clearly posting the information in a conspicuous location on the law school’s internet website.
(4)
Annually providing the information required to be disclosed pursuant to this subdivision to the bureau.
(b)
Subdivision (a) shall apply to a law school that meets all of the following criteria:
(1)
The law school is accredited by the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association.
(2)
The law school is owned by an institution authorized to operate by the bureau.
(3)
The law school reports graduate salary information and other information to the National Association for Law
Placement.
(4)
The law school is approved to operate by the bureau pursuant to Section 94874.8.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 510, Sec. 99. (SB 887) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2027, pursuant to Section 94950.