The State Bar of California will consider Friday a proposal to require unaccredited law schools to disclose their attrition rates to the public.
The move comes about a month after The Times published an investigation showing that nearly nine out of 10 students at unaccredited law schools dropped out before their final year of study. About one in five unaccredited law school alumni who took the bar passed, according to state statistics.
California's 22 unaccredited law schools enroll about 1,500 new students each year. The schools offer four-year programs aimed at working adults. The schools are required to register with the state bar but are held to few academic standards.