Religion & Law

China-Based Law School Will Be First to Bid for ABA Accreditation
China-Based Law School Will Be First to Bid for ABA Accreditation

Local Georgia School System Looses Accreditation
A Georgia School System Loses Its Accreditation is an important August 29, 2008 New York Times article. For the first time in almost 40 years, Clayton County, just south of the Atlanta, was ruled unfit for accreditation by the Southern...

Ave Maria Retains ABA Accreditation
I previously chronicled the turmoil at Ave Maria Law School. In the latest chapter, the ABA has dismissed a proceeding to determine the school's compliance with accreditation standard 405(a), which provides that "[a] law school shall establish and maintain conditions...

ABA Threatens to Withhold Accreditation for Florida A&M Law School
The St. Petersburg Times has obtained a copy of the report issued by the ABA team after its October 28-31, 2007 site visit to Florida A&M University College of Law questioning whether the school will be able to obtain accreditation...

Bankruptcy Implications of a School Board's Loss of Accreditation
My colleague, attorney Scott Riddle, posted a very interesting observation in his Georgia Bankruptcy blog about the bankruptcy implications of Clayton County, Georgia's school accreditation fiasco...

Whittier Law School Appears Headed Towards Full ABA Accredition
We have previously followed Whittier Law School's ABA accreditation problems. They have been on probation for a number of years and at one point, they were in jeopardy of loosing their provisional accreditation...

China Green Agriculture, Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud
China Green Agriculture, Inc. 401(k) / ERISA Stock Fraud

Infant Formula From China
FDA Warns it May be Contaminated Melamine

School Racism
School District pays $250,000 in racial harassment settlement.

Student Harassment
Wichita School District pays $45,000 settlement for high school students' harassment lawsuit.

School House Abuse
Selwyn House School agrees to $5 million teacher molestation settlement.

Albertsons et al.
allegedly injected dye into farm raised salmon to make it appear more palatable.