First the impressive news: the release of Florida passage statistics disclosed Florida Coastal achieved a 71% first-time bar passage rate for the July bar exam (its highest in four years).
On the other side of the coin, a student complains (by way of a lawsuit) that the pass rate was basically achieved by Florida Coastal imposing new requirements designed to cause attrition of those students who would have trouble passing the bar exam. Unfair and a breach of contract, as the plaintiff student sees it, because the school had allegedly recruited and enrolled students on the premise that they would not be subject to any such requirements as a condition of obtaining their degrees.
This actually brings up a valid point. Yes, the school has to bring its pass rate up in order to prevent its own loss of accreditation and extinction. On the other hand, when it uses a mechanism such as imposing a mandatory bar prep class that students must pass to receive a degree, isn't that an adverse, material and unilateral change for all those students who were recruited on a premise of pursuing careers in the "J.D. preferred" sector? It does seem that such an amendment, without consent or consideration, changes the basis of the original bargain in a fundamental way.
https://www.jaxdailyrecord.com/article/student-files-suit-against-florida-coastal-school-of-law
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