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Consumer Information

The Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965, as amended by the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) of 2008, includes many requirements for disclosing information to the public; to current students and their families; to prospective students and their families; to university employees and prospective employees; to guidance counselors; to college bookstores; to borrowers or prospective borrowers of education loans; to researchers; to policymakers; and to legislators.

Whittier Law School has long had a policy of making information readily available. To ensure compliance with federal HEA and HEOA legislation, Whittier Law School provides the following links for easy access to helpful information:

Accreditation

Whittier Law School was provisionally accredited by the American Bar Association in 1978 and fully approved 1985. Whittier Law School became a member of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS) in 1987.

Drug Law Violation and Financial Aid

According to the Higher Education Act (HEA) of 1965 and as amended on July 1, 2000, (HEA section 485, then added HEA section 485(k)), a student who is convicted of any offense under the federal or state law involving the sale or possession of any illegal drugs will lose the eligibility for any Title IV financial aid funds, including the federal PELL grant, Supplemental Education Opportunity Grant (SEOG), work-study, and other loan programs such as the Perkins and direct loan programs. The period of ineligibility is determined as followed:


  Conviction involving the sale of illegal substances Conviction involving the possession of illegal substances
First Offense Eligibility is lost for two years after the date of convictionEligibility is lost for one year after the date of conviction.
Second Offense Eligibility is lost for an indefinite period after the date of the second conviction. Eligibility is lost for two years after the date of the second conviction.
Three or more Offenses
Eligibility is terminated when committing second offense.
Eligibility is lost for an indefinite period after the date of the third conviction.

Student Body Diversity

  Full Time Students Part Time Students
     
Gender
Female 272 65
Male 292 71
Ethnicity
Hispanic/Latino 99 24
American Indian or Alaska Native 6 0
Asian 120 20
Black or African American 15 8
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 0 0
White 302 76
Multi-Cultural 0 0
Race and Ethnicity Unknown 22 8

Textbooks

Textbook information; including International Standard Book Number (ISBN), pricing, rental, and alternative content delivery is available on our class schedule.