Archived. Posted by 2 years ago. SAVANNAH, Ga. -- The Savannah Law School is closing in May and offering $2,000 scholarships for students to transfer to the parent school, John Marshall Law School, but the Atlanta-based school's own future could be in jeopardy. My family had not attended this school, so I simply hit the admissions jackpot. There are three law schools right up the road in Nashville (Vanderbilt, Belmont and Nashville law schools), plus the University of Tennessee Law School in Knoxville and the University of Memphis Law School in the city of that name. I didn’t get a corporate job but I’ll just go to law school! But I naively thought, no sweat. As if smaller cities and even rural areas all had to have law schools. After announcement of the closure, students were told that if they sought to transfer their credits, the potential school would be notified that Savannah had used a deflated grading curve of 2.7 rather than the customary 2.9 or 3.0, according to the suit. But I hired a TTTTT grad to represent me. Had I known the truth, I would never have gone to law school.Many of my friends took non-legal jobs. Class action claims closing of Savannah Law…. The thieving law professors and administrators are still laughing at the lives they've destroyed. Recent Currently selected. News Savannah Law School Is Latest to Shut Down For the second time, Atlanta's John Marshall Law School is pulling out of Savannah, where it has operated a branch campus since 2012. sweet! BREAKING - SAVANNAH LAW SCHOOL CLOSES. Savannah Law School is survived by all of us who care when schools that shouldn’t close are forced to while schools that ought to close continue. It’s like closing a school in NYC and advising students not to worry, they have entree to a campus located somewhere in Maryland between Baltimore and D.C. Constructed in 1819 among 26 Seaman's hospitals chartered by an Act of Congress in 1791, the building is the oldest hospital in the state of Georgia, and was used as such until 1980. The median LSAT score was 147, which is at the 33d percentile; in other words, most of the class was in the bottom third on the LSAT.Where did the professors study law?https://www.savannahlawschool.org/facultystaff/Mostly at undistinguished, which is to say toilet, law schools. Give us feedback, share a story tip or update, or report an error. But they all thought they had it bad and said, “go to college, get a better job.” We had no idea what the Ivy League was or what was a good school. All rights reserved. I admired Nando's efforts, and I admire the folks here at OTLSS but it seems almost impossible to get through to these folks who are hellbent on attending law school, any law school. That would have preserved the tender feelings of the dolts that enrolled at this soon-to-be-shuttered über-toilet. Only 41 new students enrolled at Savannah Law School in 2017. A … One year ago today—March 22, 2018—I reflected on the “trickle” of law school closures. That's not even 5% off the super-low scam price of $42,628. This person should know better. News Law Students and Alums Seek to 'Save Savannah' From Closing Supporters of the institution hope to convince a public university to take over the school. Savannah Law School notified students and facultyMarch 21 that the Savannah campus would close at the end of the spring semester, and the law school building had been sold. Oh, and I forgot. It must have been similarly callous of the LSAC to report scores in the bottom third to most of this year's matriculants. In the state school, you would have had little individual attention. If you do the math, this leaves about 8,000 lawyer jobs for each older law school class. He did not immediately reply to an ABA Journal request for comment. And of course the usual reference to the lack of other law schools in the vicinity. The suit was filed by Savage, Turner, Durham, Pinckney & Savage. I can’t attend law school after getting arrested for.....in a Walmart bathroom. ^^^^^^^^^^ Needed to be said. Savannah Law School is a relatively new law school, first opening its door in 2012. Less than 48 hours after officials from Savannah Law School held a meeting with students and announced the local facility is closing in May, a student has filed legal action. Savannah Law School is permanently closed and does not accept new application (closed date: 05/24/2018). In the past two decades a boom in enrollments led to a glut in the law school market. Savannah Law School began in the historic former Warren A. Candler Hospital building on Forsyth Park in downtown Savannah. What we know so far: Sources tell us a condition of the school closing is that the building remains open until the 2018 graduation. Savannah Law School is offering $2,000 scholarships to any students who transfer to Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School. View original. Check and find available services at Savannah Law School homepage. “We hope to help these students secure an adequate recovery in light of this devastating turn of events.”. It joins a growing club of law schools across the U.S. that have closed or are in the process of closing. Yep. March 22nd 2018 . The school has admissions representatives dedicated to expensive private schools and prep schools. Law Students and Alumni seek to save the school... Savannah Law School, a branch of John Marshall Law School in Atlanta, Contact us at outsidethelawschoolscam at gmail.com. No School for Students December 21, 2020 - January 4, 2021. In the depths of the Great Depression, Furman closed its law school in 1932. Fast forward 30 years, and the school has more minorities, but they are mostly elite minorities. Recently, I spoke with a member of the faculty. Because the Savannah Law School is a branch of Atlanta’s John Marshall, its accreditation was also at risk, the suit alleges. You will be responsible for your own expenses PLUS SEP taxes (~ 15%) and all taxes at the end. “These students attended Savannah Law School in good faith, with the expectation that they could complete a law degree in Savannah from an accredited institution,” he said. It was a new school, started by a for-profit company that also ran the pretty mediocre John Marshall Law School in Atlanta (not to be confused with the decent John Marshall Law School in Chicago). Many of the scholarship students have highly educated parents who just may not have much money. Wow...read through that thread. : 32,300 New Lawyer Jobs by 2029, Turnover of 24 Percent, The Three Questions to Ask Yourself Right Now, For-Profit Charlotte School of Law Closes. Most older lawyers end up in eat what you kill arrangements or solo practice where they are seriously underemployed and often unemployed seeking work. Maths. I grew up in a lower middle class family. The other suit was filed on Friday by student Jordan Crewe, WSAV reports. !Top of the class (does not know about / understand forced 1L curve unlike undergrad. A would-be class action lawsuit filed on behalf of Savannah Law School students claims the school is being closed to financially benefit its parent school and to improve the parent school's position before the ABA's accreditation body. Administrators at the short-lived Savannah Law School informed students late Wednesday that it will shutter at the end of the spring semester. Savannah Law's bar passage rate was 54.5% for July, 2017 and 33.3% for February, 2017-- outcomes that were respectively a whopping 23.9% and 20.6% below the Georgia state average. As I said earlier in this thread I am not determined to go to Savannah and I may wind up taking a year off to improve my LSAT and get into a better school. Savannah Law School opened in 2012 with the promise of building the next generation of legal minds. That is the biggest problem with this profession. Because of the deflated curve, a significant number of those students lost their scholarships and were forced to take additional student loans, the suit says. Some just use code words like midlevel or junior level. Savannah Now reports a student is suing Savannah Law School for closing and leaving her unable to complete her degree. They said the school doesn’t care what happens to graduates. ^^^^^^^^^^Btw, another Dreamer:http://jdunderground.com/all/thread.php?threadId=153422"georgiapeach (Mar 2, 2018 - 8:39 am)Thanks for the thoughtful reply, Jeff. But for the school closing, OP was doing everything he could to rationalize attending that soon-to-be-closed TTTT. Not sure why you declare it to be "poorly written and researched. Savannah Law School opened in 2012, and will become the fourth law school in the past year to either close or announce plans to close, according to Law.com. If you didn't have a job when you attended, you were likely to not get one coming out.When you went, you didn't quit your day job, hopefully.But the scammers gladly took the money. Simple theme. However, few people from middle class, lower middle class and poor backgrounds attend this college, even today. I know a few people who got MBAs and took corporate jobs. Even the elite schools are cashing in on the higher education scam now. Moving in order to pursue a degree is out of the question; bring it all right to my doorstep, mach' schnell! No one is looking for grads from this school. $21K is still 21K and at the end of 4 years (part-time, remember?) There are 18,000 lawyer jobs, including solos, for each law school class assuming the jobs are distributed evenly by classes. I’m confounded. Although this sad news blindsided the students and faculty, clearly the school's closing has been under consideration for some time as the news also came alongside notice that the school's building had been sold. One student who was a year from graduating (apparently she was studying part time for four years) has sued Savannah Law School, John Marshall Law School, John Marshall University, and a couple of officials of these celebrated establishments for fraud and breach of trust:http://www.savannahnow.com/news/20180323/savannah-law-school-student-sues-for-fraud-breaching-trust-in-planned-closingThe plaintiff alleges that the officials were just trying to soak up federal funds and flip the real estate for a profit. $100k+ private practice salaries and 99% employment rates. [sic], and Lexington, K.Y. Crewe, a law firm paralegal, is a part-time student who has completed three out of the required four years. They did a fantastic job. The ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar notified Atlanta’s John Marshall in October that its accreditation committee had concluded it wasn’t complying with ABA standards, and the law school was being required to submit a report by February. Funny how these high-minded, mission-focused deans and educators turn tail and run once the easy money stops flowing. I'm not here to try to change your mind that many of the small private schools are sketchy and their closing is a good thing. I guess selling off all the buildings before telling the students and faculty about the closure avoids those pesky student protests which invariably follow. Things must be bad when even the professors have to be drawn from toilet schools. Harris Lowry Manton partner Stephen Lowry announced the suit in a news release. In the past year, three law schools have closed down or announced their plans to close. Only one member of its inaugural class passed the bar exam, and the school reportedly has suffered $20 million in losses. Savannah Law School, a branch of the John Marshall Law School will be shutting down. Anyway, you ended up with a great career choice, notwithstanding the burden of the extra debt from law school. Savannah Law School will be closing at the end of this semester, according to a student who was in a meeting held at the school on Wednesday. Again, rather than trying to go to a higher ranked law school, I went to the toilet close to home. It is the second suit filed over the closing, WTOC reports. It is the preference for a specific type of background.My tenure was a long time ago when law was not so overcrowded. Citing information and belief, Crewe’s suit alleges Savannah Law School and John Marshall Law School “established Savannah Law School to obtain student loan money while aiming long-term to make a profit by flipping the property where Savannah Law School is located.” The property sold for a multiple of its purchase price, the suit says, citing information and belief. Powered by, CLASS BIAS AND RANDOM THINGS ABOUT LAW SCHOOL AND WHATEVER, UF Becomes the The New Trump University and the Sheep Who Work There, Labor Dept. Dartmouth now offers some type of online masters in health care management to doctors and health care administrators. Savannah Law School will be closing at the end of this semester, according to a student who was in a meeting held at the school on Wednesday. You can earn your law degree attending classes full or part time. 2012 put SLS on the map as it opened its doors for its first graduating class. Tree-lined streets, historic homes, and the famous River Street make Savannah a world-renowned city. Current students will be assisted with their personal higher education goals. It is not just the preferences for legacies. But a quick Google search revealed Dartmouth charges $100k+ for this 18 month online course. “On information and belief,” the suit says, “defendants deflated their grading curve, forced students out of their scholarships and into student loans, converted courses to a tele-learning format, deprived students of in-person instruction by SLS faculty and of materially important extracurricular activities, sold the 516 Drayton Street Building, and ultimately closed SLS in order to financially benefit defendants and to improve John Marshall’s financial position during the fall-out over noncompliance with ABA accreditation standards,” the suit says. 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