Florida Coastal School of Law

The Florida Coastal School of Law is a private, ABA accredited law school located in Jacksonville, FL and is operated by the InfiLaw Corporation. [http://www.infilaw.com/schools.htm] . Founded in 1996, the school received its full accreditation in 2002.Infobox_University


name = Florida Coastal School of Law
established = 1996
type = Private
dean= Peter Goplerud
city = Jacksonville, Florida
country = USA
students = 1350
staff= 104
campus = Urban
website= [http://fcsl.edu/ fcsl.edu]

History

Florida Coastal School of Law was founded in 1996. The school immediately received temporary accreditation from the ABA, and received its permanent accreditation six years later. [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_go1672/is_200209/ai_n7191741 ABA grants Florida Coastal School of Law accreditation. | Florida Bar News | Find Articles at BNET.com ] ] It is one of three law schools operated by the InfiLaw Corporation. [ [http://www.infilaw.com/schools.htm InfiLaw ] ] It is one of the few for-profit law schools in the U.S. Currently the school is ranked in the fourth tier. [ [http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/usnews/edu/grad/directory/dir-law/brief/glanc_03184_brief.php USNews.com: America's Best Graduate Schools 2008: Florida Coastal School of Law (Law): At a glance ] ]

Academics

In addition to its curriculum for a Juris Doctor, Coastal offers several certification programs in specialized areas of the law. Coastal currently offers an environmental law certificate, sports law certificate, international comparative law certificate, family law certificate, and an advanced legal research and writing certificate. [http://www.fcsl.edu/pdfs/certificateprograms.pdf]

Coastal also has an internship and externship clinical program. Criminal law externships in the United States Attorney's Office, the State Attorney's Office, and the Office of the Public Defender throughout Florida and the southeast United States are available to Coastal students. [http://www.abanet.org/legalservices/probono/lawschools/pi_summer_fellowships.html Law School Public Interest Programs - Summer Fellowships ] ] Recently Coastal began offering externships in international criminal law with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, the Netherlands. Internships in consumer law are available through Coastal's Consumer Law Clinic, and students can learn to offer general legal assistance through a clinical program with Jacksonville Legal Services, a pro bono organization.

Coastal established the Center for Law and Sports in 2005. [http://www.fcsl.edu/centers/LawAndSports/ Welcome to Florida Coastal School of Law ] ] The Center offers students a comprehensive sports law curriculum in which to obtain a certificate in sports law.

References

External links

* [http://www.fcsl.edu/ Home Page]