Florida Coastal School of Law
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| Motto | Lex Ubique Est (law is everywhere) |
| Established | 1996 |
| School type | For-Profit |
| Dean | Scott DeVito |
| Location | Jacksonville, Florida, US |
| Enrollment | 1114 |
| Faculty | 129 |
| USNWR ranking | Tier 4 |
| Bar pass rate | 32.7% (Feb. '16) / 11th of 11 |
| Website | fcsl.edu |
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Florida Coastal School of Law is a for-profit law school in Jacksonville, Florida. Established in 1996, the school is owned by the for-profit educational investment fund InfiLaw System of independent law schools, which also owns Charlotte School of Law and Arizona Summit Law School, and is owned by Sterling Partners. Florida Coastal School of Law received its license from the state of Florida in 1995 and opened for classes in winter 1996. The class entering in 1996 graduated in spring 1999. The college was provisionally approved by the American Bar Association in 1999 and received its full accreditation in 2002.
In addition to its curriculum for a juris doctor, Coastal Law offers several certification programs in specialized areas of the law. Coastal Law currently offers an environmental law certificate, sports law certificate, international comparative law certificate, family law certificate, and an advanced legal research and writing certificate. Additionally, Coastal Law, offers accelerated dual degree programs, with Jacksonville University, that allow students to complete a juris doctor and a M.B.A. or a M.P.P. in four years.
Coastal Law also has an internship and externship clinical program. Criminal law externships in the United States Attorney's Office, the State Attorney's Office, and the Office of the Public Defender throughout Florida and the southeast United States are available to Coastal Law students. Recently Coastal Law began offering externships in international criminal law with the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, the Netherlands. Internships in consumer law are available through Coastal Law's Consumer Law Clinic, and students can learn to offer general legal assistance through a clinical program with Jacksonville Legal Services, a pro bono organization.
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