Sep 14, 2007 / 08:57 am
The Ave Maria School of Law, which has been embroiled in a bitter dispute over a planned move from Michigan to Florida, may face a challenge to its continued accreditation, according to a letter released last week by the law school's dean, Bernard Dobranski.
According to The Chronicle of Higher Education, a committee of the American Bar Association notified the school over the summer that it appears to have failed to take the necessary steps to keep a qualified faculty.
The committee gave the dean until Dec. 15 to submit a report demonstrating the law school's compliance with that standard. The report should include "updated information regarding departures and hires of full-time faculty," the letter said.
Dobranski said he was releasing the information to the campus, even though such matters are usually kept confidential, because of "the level of misrepresentation and speculation which has surfaced regarding the ABA's inquiry."