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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>
| type = [[private university|Private]] [[Unaccredited institutions of higher education|unaccredited]]
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| head = Stanislaus Pulle
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| 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>
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'''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>
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
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>
==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==
==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>
==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}}
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{{Santa Barbara County Colleges and Universities}}
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