Drexel law school is accredited

0 Comments | Philadelphia Inquirer, The, February, 2008 | by Kathy Boccella Inquirer Staff Writer

The Drexel University College of Law has received provisional accreditation from the American Bar Association, Drexel president Constantine Papadakis announced. Law schools can apply for provisional accreditation at the beginning of their second year of operation. Drexel's law school opened in August 2006.

Provisional accreditation means that all Drexel Law graduates will be able to take the bar exam in any jurisdiction. Upon passing the exam, graduates can begin practicing professionally. The school had more than 1,700 applicants for its inaugural class; 180 were admitted. The college is the first law school established by a doctoral university in more than 25 years and the first to open in the Philadelphia area, which now has six law schools, in more than 30 years,...