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{{Short description|Private unaccredited law school in California, U.S.}}
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{{Infobox Law School
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| name = Southern California Institute of Law
| established = 1986<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://legacy.lawdegree.com/index.asp|title=The Southern California Institute of Law @ Santa Barbara and Ventura|access-date=2020-09-29|archive-date=2021-07-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731193620/http://legacy.lawdegree.com/index.asp|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| established = 1986
| type = [[private university|Private]] [[Unaccredited institutions of higher education|unaccredited]]
| endowment =
| parent endowment =
| head = Stanislaus Pulle
| city = [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]] and [[Ventura, California|Ventura]]
| state = [[California|CA]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Southern+California+Institute+of+Law/@34.2635819,-119.2110398,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x7ec1e906dc58a5f6!8m2!3d34.2635819!4d-119.2110398|title = Southern California Institute of Law · 1280 S Victoria Ave Suite 120, Ventura, CA 93003, United States}}</ref>
| state = [[California|CA]]
| country = [[United States|US]]
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| students =
| faculty = 3210<ref>[http://www.lawdegree.com/content/faculty/faculty.asp SC IoL Faculty Guide] {{webarchiveCite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090522105154/http://www.lawdegree.com/content/faculty/faculty.asp |datetitle=2009-05-22Faculty &#124; the Southern California Institute of Law}}</ref>
| ranking = N/AUnranked
| bar pass rate = 2621.41% (share of students passing bar within five years of graduation - Ventura Campus)<ref>https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/admissions/Education/MinimumPassRateStandardCumulativePassRates.pdf</ref><br>0% (Ventura{{Bare campusURL repeatPDF|date=March exam takers, July 2018)<ref>http://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/admissions/JULY2018_CBX_Statistics.pdf2022}}</ref>
| annual tuition = $7,350<ref>[http://www.lawdegree.com/content/admission/faq.asp SCIL FAQs] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119012420/http://www.lawdegree.com/content/admission/faq.asp |date=2016-01-19 }}</ref>
| homepage = [http://www.lawdegree.com www.lawdegree.com]
| motto = A law degree program for working adults
| aba profile =
}}
 
'''Southern California Institute of Law''' ('''SCIL''') is a private California registered but [[Unaccredited institutions of higher education|unaccredited]] law school located in Ventura, California.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Google Maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Southern+California+Institute+of+Law/@34.2635819,-119.2110398,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x7ec1e906dc58a5f6!8m2!3d34.2635819!4d-119.2110398|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-29|website=Southern California Institute of Law|language=en}}</ref> The Law School was established in 1986 and operated as a fixed facility law school,<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Southern California Institute of Law @ Santa Barbara and Ventura Legacy Website|url=http://legacy.lawdegree.com/content/admission/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731175420/http://legacy.lawdegree.com/content/admission/|archive-date=2021-07-31|access-date=2020-09-29|website=legacy.lawdegree.com|url-status=dead}}</ref> accredited by the State Bar of California for twenty-five years, with campuses in both Ventura and Santa Barbara, California, until June 1, 2020.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Southern California Institute of Law Website|url=https://lawdegree.com/accreditation/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-05-11|website=www.calbar.ca.gov|language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Southern California Institute of Law''' ('''SCIL''') is a private [[Law school in the United States|law school]] with campuses in [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]] and [[Ventura, California]].<ref>http://admissions.calbar.ca.gov/Education/LegalEducation/LawSchools.aspx</ref> The two campuses are operated by dean and president, Stanislaus Pulle. SCIL's accreditation and authority to grant the Juris Doctor degree has been terminated effective June 1, 2020.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=The State Bar of California|url=https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Admissions/Law-School-Regulation/Law-Schools#cals|website=www.calbar.ca.gov|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-11}}</ref>
 
The Law School now operates as an unaccredited, California registered, distance learning law school.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Southern California Institute of Law Home Page|url=https://lawdegree.com/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-29|website=lawdegree.com}}</ref>
 
==History==
Southern California Institute of Law’sLaw Venturawas andfounded Santain Barbara1986.<ref>{{Cite campusesweb|last=|first=|date=|title=The wereSouthern foundedCalifornia byInstitute Stanislausof PulleLaw in@ 1986Santa Barbara and Ventura Legacy Website|url=http://legacy.lawdegree.com/content/admission/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731175420/http://legacy.lawdegree.com/content/admission/|archive-date=2021-07-31|access-date=2020-09-29|website=legacy.lawdegree.com|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Instituteinstitute was established as a fixed-facility part-time evening only [[law school]] which catered to working adults.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nowlegal.com/law-school/southern-california-institute-law|title=Southern California Institute of Law {{!}} NowLegal.com|date=2017-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208133252/https://www.nowlegal.com/law-school/southern-california-institute-law|access-date=2019-04-08|archive-date=2017-02-08}}</ref>
 
The school is a distance learning unaccredited law school with an evening Juris Doctor degree program.<ref>{{Cite web|title=General Information {{!}} The Southern California Institute of Law|url=https://lawdegree.com/general-information/|access-date=2020-09-29|website=lawdegree.com}}</ref>
==Accreditation and authority==
 
The Southern California Institute of Law had been accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners of the [[State Bar of California]] to grant Juris Doctor degrees. This accreditation and degree granting authority has been terminated effective June 1, 2020, following the school's failure to meet the standard requiring at least 40% of the school's graduates to pass the bar within five years of graduation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=California Law School That Sued Over Bar Passage Rule Fails To Comply With It|url=https://abovethelaw.com/2019/09/california-law-school-that-sued-over-bar-passage-rule-fails-to-comply-with-it/|last=Moran|first=Lyle|website=Above the Law|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-11}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Southern California Institute of Law has [[California]] state approval by the [[California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education]] to grant Bachelors of Science in Law and Certificates of Professional Paralegal Studies.<ref>https://app.dca.ca.gov/bppe/view-school.asp?schlcode=5601431</ref> SCIL is not approved by the American Bar Association, so its graduates generally do not qualify to take the bar exam or practice law outside of California.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lawdegree.com/accreditation/|title=Accreditation {{!}} The Southern California Institute of Law|website=lawdegree.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-23}}</ref>
==Registered but unaccredited school==
SCIL is an unaccredited law school registered with [[State Bar of California]] Committee of Bar Examiners as a distance learning unaccredited law school requiring the "study of law diligently and in good faith for at least four years" with ''each'' of the four years consisting of at "least 864 hours of preparation and study over no fewer than forty-eight and no more than fifty-two consecutive weeks...evidenced by a transcript that indicates the date each course began and ended."<ref>{{cite web |title=Law Schools - Registered unaccredited distance learning law schools in California |url=https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Admissions/Law-School-Regulation/Law-Schools#distance |website=calbar.ca.gov |publisher=[[State Bar of California]] |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=TITLE 4. ADMISSION AND EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS DIVISION 3. UNACCREDITED LAW SCHOOL RULES |url=https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/rules/Rules_Title4_Div3-UnAcc-Law-Sch.pdf |website=calbar.ca.gov |publisher=State Bar of California |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref><ref name=uncrd>{{cite web |title=TITLE 4. ADMISSIONS AND EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS DIVISION 1. ADMISSION TO PRACTICE LAW IN CALIFORNIA |url=https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Portals/0/documents/rules/Rules_Title4_Div1-Adm-Prac-Law.pdf |website=calbar.ca.gov |publisher=State Bar of California |access-date=17 March 2023}}</ref>
 
SCIL is not approved by the [[American Bar Association]]. Its graduates are not automatically qualified to take the bar exam in California without meeting unaccredited school requirements and are not qualified to take a bar exam or practice law outside of California in any event.<ref name=uncrd/><ref>{{Cite web|title=Bar Admission Guide|url=https://www.ncbex.org/publications/bar-admissions-guide/|access-date=2020-09-29|website=NCBE|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
==Lawsuits==
 
The Southern California Institute of LawSCIL sued the State Bar of California over a requirement that schoolsCalifornia areaccredited requiredlaw toschools must maintain a 40% percent bar passage rate over a rolling five-year yearsperiod, arguing that the State Bar had violated the schoolSCIL's First Amendment rights.<ref>{{Cite, webthat |the url=http://abovethelaw.com/tag/southern-california-institute-of-law/40% |titlebenchmark =was Abovearbitrary theand Law}}</ref>capricious, Stanislausand Pulle,that it violated the schoolstate's Deanseparation of powers. The lawsuit was quoteddismissed inby anthe LAcourt Timeswith articleprejudice. asThe sayingcourt ruled that "'hethe thoughtState theBar barhad passageexercised rateits wasrulemaking generallyauthority aunder fairthe wayinherent toauthority judgeof the California Supreme Court over law schoolsschool accreditation.' ButThe hecourt addedruled that he believes the State Bar's requirementdoes wasnot toofunction rigidas andan executive agency of the legislature, whereby it would forcebe schoolssubject to acceptthe studentssubstantial whoevidence hadrule aof higherthe chanceCalifornia ofAdministrative passingProcedure Act. Rather, the barcourt andheld ignorethat otherthe typesrational ofbasis studentstest applied."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://wwwonline.latimeswsj.com/localpublic/educationresources/la-me-law-schools-bar-20150908-storydocuments/scil2.html|title=Lawpdf school{{Bare continuesURL fight over minimum bar exam passage rate|last=Song|first=Jason|website=latimes.comPDF|date=8March September 2015|access-date=2019-04-082022}}</ref> TheSCIL lawsuitfiled wasan laterappeal dismissedin withthe prejudice,[[United withStates theCourt courtof rulingAppeals thatfor the FirstNinth AmendmentCircuit|Ninth claimCircuit wouldCourt beof futileAppeals]], which affirmed the original U.S. District Court's decision.<ref>{{Cite web|title=SO CAL INSTITUTE OF LAW V. THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA, No. 14-55690 (9th Cir. 2015)|url=https://abovethelawlaw.justia.com/2013cases/08federal/thisappellate-lawcourts/ca9/14-school55690/14-doesnt55690-want2015-people08-to24.html|access-knowdate=2020-its09-grads-fail-the-bar-exam-93-percent-of-the-time/|title=A Law School Whose Grads Fail The Bar Exam 93 Percent Of The Time|last=Zaretsky|first=Staci29|website=Above theJustia Law|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-08}}</ref> SCIL later filed an appealaction in thestate 9th Circuit Courtcourt, which was dismissed on grounds of issue preclusion and was later affirmed theby originala USstate Districtappeals court's decision.<ref>http{{Cite web|title=S. Cal. Inst. of Law, Inc. v. State Bar of Cal. {{!}} B263251 {{!}} Cal. Ct. App. {{!}} Judgment {{!}} Law {{!}} CaseMine|url=https://cdn.ca9www.uscourtscasemine.govcom/datastorejudgement/memoranda/2015/08us/24/145914acfdadd7b049347405a0|access-55690date=2020-09-29|website=www.pdfcasemine.com|language=en}}</ref>
 
==Tuition==
 
The 2020 annual tuition and fees for enrollees was $3,300.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Southern California Institute of Law Website Tuition Page|url=https://lawdegree.com/2020-new-enrollees/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-29|website=lawdegree.com}}</ref>
Southern California Institute of Law has an annual tuition of approximately $7,850.<ref name=":0" /><ref>[http://www.lawdegree.com/content/admission/media/fees.pdf SCIL, Fee: General Information] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918211937/http://lawdegree.com/content/admission/media/fees.pdf |date=2013-09-18 }}</ref> Students may enroll in a deferred payment plan.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lawdegree.com/content/admission/finaid.asp |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-02-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120124022154/http://www.lawdegree.com/content/admission/finaid.asp |archivedate=2012-01-24 }} Southern California Institute of Law Website</ref>
 
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.lawdegree.com Southern California Institute of Law}}
* {{Cite web|author=Southern California Institute of Law Alumni Association|title=Welcome to the Southern California Institute of Law Alumni Association|url=https://lawschoolalumniscil.com/|access-date=2020-09-29|website=Southern California Institute of Law Alumni Association|language=en-US}}
* [http://www.scilsba.com Southern California Institute of Law Student Bar Association]
 
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