Southern California Institute of Law

Coordinates: 34°16′01″N 119°12′47″W / 34.26694°N 119.21306°W / 34.26694; -119.21306

Southern California Institute of Law (SCIL) is a private law school with campuses in Santa Barbara and Ventura, California. The two locations are operated together with the same Dean and president, Stanislaus Pulle. The Ventura and Santa Barbara campuses were founded in 1986 when Pulle left Santa Barbara & Ventura Colleges of Law to found Southern California Institute of Law. Both the Ventura^[3] and Santa Barbara^[4] campuses are licensed by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education to grant the J.D. law degree, Bachelors degrees, and paralegal certificates.

Academic programs

The Southern California Institute of Law is accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners^[5] of the State Bar of California. It is not approved by the American Bar Association (ABA).^[6]

The Southern California Institute of Law offers two degrees: the Juris Doctor (J.D.) and the Bachelor of Science in Law (BSL). The BSL is for those students who have not received a baccalaureate before commencing their law studies.

The Southern California Institute of Law curriculum focuses on legal rationales, general jurisprudence, black letter law and practical experience. Students must tak Legal Research and Advanced Legal Writing prior to their third year. Additionally, students are expected to complete a legal internship.

Tuition

Southern California Institute of Law is among the lowest cost California Accredited Law Schools, with an annual tuition of approximately $7,850^[7] Every student may also enroll in a deferred payment program, where tuition only payments will be in four equal installments with the first due at the time of registration, and the remaining payments made at the beginning of the following months.^[8]

Curriculum

Southern California Institute of Law curriculum consists of four mandatory modules. All first year students take Contract, Criminal Law, Torts, and Legal Analysis. The following three modules consist of a mix of the following classes; Business Organizations, MBE Strategies & Techniques, Constitutional Law, Evidence, Criminal Procedure, Professional Responsibility, Remedies, Lawyering Skills, Ethics, Advanced Legal Writing, Legal Research, Real Property, and Wills and Trusts.^[9]

A variety of summer courses are available each year.^[10]

Graduation Speakers

Graduation speakers at Southern California Institute of Law have included California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye; Justice Ming W. Chin, of the California Supreme Court; Justice Norman L. Epstein, the Presiding Judge of the California Court of Appeal in Los Angeles; Senator Tony Strickland; Prince Zeid Ra'ad Al-Hussein, the President of the Governing Body of the International Criminal Court; Judge Kenneth W. Starr; Pedro Nava, a California Assembly Member; and Anthony Capozzi, the 79th President of The State Bar of California.^[11]

Student Bar Association

Every student at Southern California Institute of Law can be involved in the school's Student Bar Association (SBA). All executive board members of the association are made up of students who are elected yearly. The SBA throws the annual holiday party, assists with graduation and the post-graduation gala and dinner, produces a biennial newspaper, and much more. The SBA has a website located at WWW.SCILSBA.COM.^[12]

Locations

Southern California Institute of Law has campuses in Santa Barbara and Ventura. The Santa Barbara law school is located at 1525 State Street Ste #200 Santa Barbara, CA 93101. The Ventura law school is located at 877 S. Victoria Avenue Ste #111, Ventura, CA 93003.^[13]

References

External links

• Official website
• Southern California Institute of Law Student Bar Association