Lincoln Law School of San Jose
Established1919
School typePrivate law school
DeanJ. Jason Amezcua
LocationSan Jose, California, US
37°19′52″N 121°53′06″W / 37.331047°N 121.88489°W / 37.331047; -121.88489
Enrollment200
Faculty75
Websitewww.lincolnlawschool.edu

Lincoln Law School of San Jose is a private, non-profit law school located in San Jose, California. Founded in 1926, the law school was formerly part of Lincoln University, prior to achieving independence as an institution in 1993.

History

The school traces its roots to 1919 when Dr. Benjamin Lickey and his wife Susan Lickey founded a law study program in San Francisco as a way to provide veterans and working-class students a part-time night school for law studies.[1] 1932 graduate Kenneth Fung[2] was the first Chinese American to be admitted to the practice of law in the state.[3]

The school was incorporated in 1926 as a part of Lincoln University and located in San Francisco, becoming a non-profit institution in 1949. In 1961, a second law school campus was opened in San Jose, graduating its first class in 1965. By 1987, Lincoln University's entire law school program was concentrated in San Jose. In 1993, the San Jose campus formally separated from Lincoln University becoming an independent, public benefit, non-profit corporation, changing its name to Lincoln Law School of San Jose. The school moved to downtown San Jose in 1999. In 2000, the 25-year-old Peninsula University School of Law merged into Lincoln Law School.

Academics

Lincoln is exclusively an evening-study program that lasts 4 or 4.5 years, depending upon the starting date of the student. 84 units of study are required for graduation with each unit equal to 15 hours of in-class instruction.[4] Students usually attend classes 3 or 4 nights a week, with a few options for elective or seminar classes scheduled during the daytime on Saturdays.[1]

Accreditation

The school is not accredited by the American Bar Association.[5]The school was approved by the Committee of Bar Examiners[6] of the State Bar of California from 1993 to 2022.

As of July 1, 2022, the school reported that it did not meet the State Bar of California five-year bar passage rate of 40 percent for state-accredited law schools and as a result, the school's accreditation was terminated on December 31, 2022. The law school became a registered, unaccredited fixed-facility law school effective January 1, 2023. [7]

Law Review

Lincoln has published a student-produced law review since 1965.[8]

Notable people

Alumni
Faculty

Notes

  1. 1 2 "Earn Your JD Law Degree | Evening Classes. Personalized Learning".
  2. ↑ Attorney Search: Kenneth Fung, State Bar of California (Accessed: 2010-04-29)
  3. ↑ History and Mission Archived 2018-11-11 at the Wayback Machine, Lincoln Law School of San Jose (Accessed: 2010-04-29)
  4. ↑ Curriculum Archived 2021-04-18 at the Wayback Machine, Lincoln Law School of San Jose (Accessed: 2010-04-29)
  5. ↑ "ABA-Approved Law Schools by Year". ABA website. Retrieved April 1, 2011.
  6. ↑ Law Schools in California Accredited by the Committee of Bar Examiners (CBE) 4/10/2010
  7. ↑ "2022 Minimum Cumulative Five-Year Bar Examination Pass Rates for California Accredited Law Schools (MPR)" (PDF).
  8. ↑ General Information, Lincoln Law Review (Accessed: 2010-04-29)
  9. 1 2 Distinguished Alumni Archived 2016-06-06 at the Wayback Machine, Official Internet site
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