The State Bar of California requires that each student sign a disclosure statement prior to the payment of tuition to the school. The Disclosure Statement sets forth the assets and liabilities of the school, the availability of the Student Handbook, and the recognition that Pacific West College of Law is an unaccredited law school. Each student receives a copy of the disclosure statement, and the signed originals are kept in the respective students’ files.

All first year law students are required to attend the Introduction to Law class. It is scheduled at the beginning of each (Fall and Spring) semester and may meet on varying days. This is an opportunity to meet with the Dean, faculty and staff members, and Student Bar Association Officers. This class will introduce the students to case briefings and study techniques

It is the student’s responsibility to comply with the rules of the Committee of Bar Examiners. Failure to comply could have unfortunate consequences. A copy of Rules Regulating Admission to Practice Law in California may be obtained from the Committee of Bar Examiners, 1149 S. Hill Street, 4th Floor, Los Angeles, CA. 90015, or by calling (213) 765-1500.

“The method of instruction at this law school for the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree program is [principally in physical classroom facilities] / [principally by correspondence] / [principally by technological means including interactive classes].”

“Student enrolled in the J.D. degree program at this law school who successfully complete the first year of law study must pass the First-Year Law Students’ Examination required by Business and Professions Code § 6060(h) and Rule VIII of the Rules Regulating Admission to Practice Law in California as part of the requirements to qualify to take the California Bar Examination. A student who passes the First-Year Law Students’ Examination within three (3) administrations of the examination after first becoming eligible to take it will receive credit for all legal studies completed to the time the examination is passed. A student who does not pass the examination within three (3) administrations of the examination after first becoming eligible to take it must be promptly disqualified from the law school’s J.D. degree program. If the dismissed student subsequently passes the examination, the student is eligible for re-enrollment in this law school’s J.D. degree program, but will receive credit for only one year of legal study.”

“Study at, or graduation from, this law school may not qualify a student to take the bar examination or to satisfy the requirements for admission to practice in jurisdictions other than California. A student intending to seek admission to practice law in a jurisdiction other than California should contact the admitting authority in that jurisdiction for information regarding the legal education requirements in that jurisdiction for admission to the practice of law.”

Admission to the practice of law within the State of California is regulated by the State Bar of California through its Committee of Bar Examiners. Students are required to register with the State Bar of California within three months after beginning law study. Registration forms are available from the Records Office.

The California Committee of Bar Examiners requires the school to have complete files on each entering student prior to the 45th day after classes begin, if the student is to be permitted to remain in school as a regular student. This rule is rigorously enforced by Pacific West.

A student who earns a Juris Doctorate from Pacific West College of Law and meets the requirements of the Committee of Bar Examiners may sit for the California General Bar Exam.