TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Oct 9, 2023

Los Angeles-based Southwestern School of Law, an institution known for its entertainment law curriculum, is offering the nation’s first full-time online law degree program, Above the Law reports. The school will begin accepting applications this month with the inaugural class set to begin in fall 2024. President and Dean Darby Dickerson said the program is not “Zoom U” but “a carefully considered, thoughtfully designed program that will allow students to interact with faculty and other students meaningfully while providing scheduling and geographic flexibility.” The American Bar Association (ABA) approved the program last April. Read more from the school.