Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School has been fully approved by the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the American Bar Association since 2009.ĭuring the Law School’s time in Midtown Atlanta, it occupied two separate campuses. Markovitz, the Board of Directors determined that the school would once again seek approval by the ABA and all steps reasonably necessary to accomplish that goal were undertaken. In 2001, after a change in ownership of AEG, the Law School once again found itself a freestanding, independent law school under the direction of then Chairman of the Board of Directors, Dr. To assist in achieving ABA approval, the school signed a management agreement with the Argosy Education Group (AEG), the nation’s largest provider of doctoral level programs in the field of psychology, as well as a significant presence in the fields of education and business. To meet the goal of achieving ABA approval, the John Marshall Law School Board of Trustees endorsed a plan designed to bring the school into compliance with ABA Standards.
In 1987, the Supreme Court changed its 1978 promulgation to require that all law schools in the state be approved by the ABA.
After gaining its initial approval, John Marshall Law School had its approval renewed after each subsequent inspection between 19. In 1978, the Supreme Court of Georgia promulgated standards and procedures for the approval of law schools and set forth an application process similar to the accreditation process of the American Bar Association (ABA). Alumni of Atlanta’s John Marshall now number in excess of 3,500 members and many have served with distinction as members of the judiciary, public officials, government officials, and as members of the private bar serving the people of the State of Georgia. Since its founding, the school has continued to provide access to legal education to those residents of Georgia who, for what ever reason, were unable to achieve their goal from other, more established institutions of legal education.
This dedication is evidenced by the fact that Atlanta’s John Marshall was among the first of the southern law schools to integrate its student body and the fact that women have been represented in the student body since the school’s first graduating class.
Fenster who, along with the other founders of the institution, brought with him a dedication to broadening the opportunity for legal education to those traditionally denied such career options. The first Dean of Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School was S.B. Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School was founded in 1933 as an independent, freestanding educational institution dedicated to providing a quality educational opportunity to non-traditional or adult learners, and to other significantly underserved segments of Georgia citizenry.
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