University of West Los Angeles

University of West Los Angeles
Established 1966
School type Private
Dean Jay Frykberg
Location Inglewood and Chatsworth, California, US
Enrollment 475
Faculty 4 Full, 37 Adjunct
Bar pass rate July 2017 1st time takers:
24% (SFV)[1]
Website University of West Los Angeles

The University of West Los Angeles (also referred to as UWLA) is a private, for-profit university. It maintains two campuses in the Los Angeles metropolitan area in Inglewood (West Los Angeles) and Chatsworth (San Fernando Valley). UWLA is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).,[2] The university's School of Law is accredited by the State Bar of California Committee of Bar Examiners,[3] but is not accredited by the American Bar Association.

History

UWLA was founded in 1966 by Henry Blunt and three other Culver City High School educators. One of the first teachers UWLA hired to teach law classes was Attorney Clifford Dicker. Professor Dicker became a professor of community property and continued to teach until his death in 2009. Jay Paul Frykberg was appointed Dean of the Law School in 2013.

The School of Law received accreditation from the Committee of Bar Examiners of The State Bar of California in 1978.[4] It is not approved by the American Bar Association.[5]

Dean Basil George Dezes Addresses the Graduates of 2007

The San Fernando Valley College of Law (the first law school in the San Fernando Valley), co-founded as an independent school by Leo L. Mann and Joseph P. Lamont in 1962, was acquired and merged into UWLA in 2002.

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4336458-2017-BE-by-School.html
  2. ↑ "University of West Los Angeles Accreditation".
  3. ↑ "Law Schools in California Accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners (CBE)". Retrieved 4 October 2010.
  4. ↑ "University of West Los Angeles Accreditation".
  5. ↑ "ABA-Approved Law Schools by Year". ABA website. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  6. ↑ California State Bar Member Records, Evan Freed
  7. ↑ Woo, Elaine. "Albert L. Gordon dies at 94; attorney fought for gay rights", Los Angeles Times, September 6, 2009. Accessed September 9, 2009.
  8. ↑ "Louise Linton Discusses Upcoming Film Roles".

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