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Now-defunct Charlotte School of Law has been hit with a third class action lawsuit over alleged misrepresentations in its admission strategy.
The most recent of the three lawsuits against the school was filed by two dozen former students in Illinois state court.
The students claimed that they were misled by the school’s representations, and were left with crippling debt and few options after the for-profit school closed in August 2017.
Allegedly, the school falsely represented the “nature and extent” of its accreditation, and had some of the lowest admissions standards among U.S. law schools, often admitting students who had little preparation and were unlikely to pass the bar.
The Charlotte School of Law class action lawsuit also says that the school misrepresented the coursework as more useful than it was. Allegedly, these misrepresentations were an attempt to entice students into enrolling, and to prevent them from transferring out of the school.
This current Charlotte School of Law class action lawsuit represents only the most recent backlash against the school. In September 2018, the school reached a $2.65 million settlement with former students. The students claimed that they were financially injured by the tuition that they paid to the school.
Reportedly, the settlement money provided some relief for the loans that the students took out to pay for their education.
However, the students said that the settlement money would not be sufficient in covering the alleged financial injury they faced, as tuition cost around $44,000 annually.
Additionally, the Attorney General of Illinois launched an investigation into Charlotte School of Law, say the students in the current Charlotte class action lawsuit. The investigation coincided with the school’s closure in August 2017.
Before then, the school was placed on probation in October 2016, when the school reportedly violated standards for admissions and bar passage.
The school also was prohibited from participating in the federal loan program, because the school did not meet certain standards and had such a low success rate, claims the Charlotte School of Law class action lawsuit. Allegedly, the students became aware of the school’s issues when the institution could no longer participate in the loan program.
The students claim that the school did not make students aware of its problems, reportedly going so far as to claim that it was fully accredited by the ABA.
The Charlotte class action lawsuit says that students were left with an incomplete degree and plenty of student debt after the school closed, in addition to an insufficient preparation for their futures in the legal field.
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The Charlotte students are represented by Gary Jackson, Christopher Bagley and Hoyt Tessener of the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, Andrew Burkavage and Heidi Wickstrom of Salvi Schostok & Pritchard PC and Brett Emison of Langdon & Emison.
The Charlotte School of Law Class Action Lawsuit is Rachel Bryan, et al. v. Sterling Capital Partners LP, et al., Case No. 2019-L-010465, in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois.
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