Law firms are lining up to represent Charlotte School of Law students
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Law firms are circling around the struggling Charlotte School of Law, hoping to represent former students in legal actions against their alma mater.
At least four different North Carolina law firms are actively soliciting current and former students, spending hundreds of dollars on Google advertising in the hopes of recruiting them to join lawsuits against Charlotte School of Law.
Students have been left stranded after the American Bar Association sanctioned the school and the U.S. government cut off federal student aid for students there.
Martin & Jones, the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, Auger & Auger and Crumley Roberts have all launched webpages looking for potential clients. Martin & Jones and Farrin are advertising the most heavily.
Farrin’s firm is also hosting regular information sessions for Charlotte School of Law students. The next one is Thursday at 7 p.m. at the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton in SouthPark.
Farrin reports having already signed up 150 current or former students, 60 percent of whom are from North Carolina.
The for-profit law school hosted in the Charlotte Plaza in Uptown is in session for the spring, though they did not admit new students. Scores of students have left already, and those that are left are struggling to make ends meet without the federal aid. A faculty member opened a food bank for hungry students, and the school is offering emergency $1,000 loans. The school laid off two-thirds of its faculty.
Several lawsuits — both class-action and individual — have already been filed, accusing Charlotte School of Law of failing to disclose information about the pending actions. The original American Bar Association decision came after it determined the school was admitting students who were not qualified to pass the bar exam and gain employment in the field of law.