{"id":83795,"date":"2018-08-28T11:28:50","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T21:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=83795"},"modified":"2019-04-05T14:28:36","modified_gmt":"2019-04-06T00:28:36","slug":"uh-law-school-reaccreditation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2018\/08\/28\/uh-law-school-reaccreditation\/","title":{"rendered":"UH<\/abbr> law school earns maximum 10-year reaccreditation"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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William S. Richardson School of Law’s new Clinical and Trial Advocacy building set to open in 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The William S. Richardson School of Law<\/a> at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa has been reaccredited for 10 years by the American Bar Association\u2019s (ABA<\/abbr>) Section of Legal Education and Admissions.<\/p>\n

The law school\u2019s long and rigorous reaccreditation process took place from 2016–17 and was granted until 2026–27. It was first accredited in 1982.<\/p>\n

Said Dean Avi Soifer<\/strong>, “The accreditation committee concluded that we have demonstrated compliance with ABA<\/abbr> standards…(and therefore) the law school remains an approved school.”<\/p>\n

In the past, ABA<\/abbr> accreditation was for only a seven-year period, but was recently extended to 10 years, said Soifer, who has overseen three reaccreditation processes at UH<\/abbr> since he arrived in 2003. See the full story on the law school\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The law school also welcomed its second largest incoming class of 131 students during fall orientation activities. The cohort includes 98 full-time students, 19 evening part-time program students; 5 master of laws students; and other advanced JD<\/abbr>, transfer, visiting and international exchange students.<\/p>\n

The law school\u2019s largest incoming class of 145 students enrolled in 2014. See the story on the law school\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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