Abraham Lincoln University

src: www.rupri.org

Abraham Lincoln University (ALU) and Abraham Lincoln University School of Law is an online university based in Los Angeles, California. Students may attend class in person or online.

Video Abraham Lincoln University

History

ALU was founded by Hyung J. Park, a tax attorney and graduate of Loyola Law School, in 1996. Classes initially were held in a conference room in his office. Park named his school after Abraham Lincoln partly because Lincoln had taught himself law.

Maps Abraham Lincoln University

Academics

Abraham Lincoln University offers online Associate, Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees, plus diplomas and certificates, in Law, Criminal Justice, Paralegal Studies, Business Administration, General Studies, and Information Technology, among other fields. ALU is also works with Advanced Security Concepts, Inc., so that students may earn security certificates while working toward a degree.

Students may attend class in one of four ways: in person on campus (in the Mid-Wilshire section of Los Angeles); online via live lectures; online via archived recorded lectures; or a hybrid of in-person and online. Classes are archived online for review during each class. Students have access to lectures 24/7. Students and professors also participate in online discussion boards.

Accreditation

Abraham Lincoln University is accredited by the Distance Education Accrediting Commission. However, ALU School of Law is not accredited by the American Bar Association, and as of 2017, graduates only qualify to sit for the state bar examination in California, and if successful, would not be permitted to practice law in any of the other 49 states or US Territories. ALU School of Law is registered with the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California in the unaccredited distance learning school category.

Upon the completion of required classes, students are awarded a Juris Doctor (J.D.) law degree and are eligible to sit for the California Bar Examination.

src: i.ytimg.com

Community Work

Abraham Lincoln University offers free law clinics to women in need of legal advice at the Downtown Women's Center, a homeless shelter in Los Angeles. These include a forthcoming divorce clinic and an ongoing expungement clinic to help reduce recidivism rates. Law students are encouraged to volunteer.

src: upload.wikimedia.org

Faculty

Abraham Lincoln University faculty include practicing lawyers and professionals in the field. Some of the institutions that faculty members come from include Stanford University, UCLA, University of California, Berkeley, and Loyola.

src: i.ytimg.com

Bar pass rate

Cumulatively, as of July 2015, 386 graduates have sat for the General California Bar Examination since 1999 and 166 (43.0%) have passed the exam, including repeat test takers.

src: 1.bp.blogspot.com

References

src: onwisconsin.uwalumni.com

External links

• Official website

Source of article : Wikipedia