The University of West Los Angeles (UWLA) is a
private,
for-profit law school and business school in
Los Angeles, California
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. It maintains two campuses, one in
Inglewood (
West Los Angeles
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) and one in
Woodland Hills (
San Fernando Valley).
History
UWLA was founded in 1966 by Henry Blunt and three other
Culver City High School
Culver City High School is the main public high school of the Culver City Unified School District (CCUSD) in Culver City, California. It was established in 1951. The school's colors are blue and silver, and the mascot is the centaur. As of 2021, it ...
educators. The School of Law received approval from the Committee of Bar Examiners of The
State Bar of California in 1978. The San Fernando Valley College of Law (the first law school in the San Fernando Valley), co-founded as an independent school by Leo L. Mann and Joseph P. Lamont in 1962, was acquired and merged into UWLA in 2002.
Robert W. Brown is the current President of the University while Jay Paul Frykberg was appointed Dean of the Law School in 2013.
UWLA School of Business offers a Master of Science in Leadership, Management, and Technology program, as well as a Bachelors of Science in Business Administration degree completion program.
Accreditation, admissions, and bar exam performance
UWLA is accredited by the
WASC Senior College and University Commission
The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) was an organization providing accreditation of public and private universities, colleges, secondary and elementary schools in California and Hawaii, the territories of Guam, American Sam ...
.
The university's School of Law is approved by the
State Bar of California Committee of Bar Examiners but is not accredited by the
American Bar Association
The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students, which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. Founded in 1878, the ABA's most important stated activities are the setting of aca ...
. As a result, graduates only qualify to take the bar exam in California.
The school has a 100% acceptance rate, and an undergraduate degree is not necessary for admission.
For the July 2022 California Bar Examination, five of the 37 UWLA graduates (14%) taking the exam for the first time passed (as compared to 67% for the average of all first time exam takers).
Notable alumni
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Evan Freed
Evan Phillip Freed (born September 11, 1946) is an attorney and freelance photographer who traveled with and photographed the presidential campaign of United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Freed was present when Sirhan Sirhan shot Kennedy.
...
, J.D. 1978, attorney and photographer
*
Albert L. Gordon, J.D. (San Fernando Valley College of Law) 1962, attorney, advocate for
gay rights
*
Louise Linton, J.D., (date unknown) actress, wife of
Steve Mnuchin
*
Frank K. Wheaton, J.D. 1982, sports agent, former radio host for KPFK Los Angeles, attorney
See also
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List of colleges and universities in California
This is a list of colleges and universities in California.
Federal institutions
Graduate institutions
* Naval Postgraduate School (Monterey)
Other academic institutions
* Defense Language Institute (Monterey)
State institutions
Two-year ins ...
References
External links
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West Los Angeles
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West Los Angeles, University of
Universities and colleges in the San Fernando Valley
Chatsworth, Los Angeles
Education in Inglewood, California
1966 establishments in California
For-profit universities and colleges in the United States
Private universities and colleges in California