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Massachusetts School of Law at Andover

    500 Federal Street
    Andover, Ma 01810
    Phone: 978-681-0800
    Web Site: http://www.mslaw.edu

The Massachusetts School of Law, located on Federal Street, was founded in 1988 to provide "entry to the legal profession for working-class students". From the beginning, the school had difficulty getting American Bar Association accreditation. This made it impossible for students to sit for the bar examination or practice outside of Massachusetts. after the school petitioned the ABA for many years, about 8 states allowed MSL graduates to work as licensed lawyers. MSL, Dean Lawrence Velvel, and, eventually, the Department of Justice attacked the so-called anti-competitive rules of ABA accreditation by filing an antitrust suit against the ABA.


[1]*Andover Law School Continues Fight with ABA.] Andover Townsman June 22, 2000, p.6.

[2].boston.com/business/globe/articles/2006/12/05/mass_school_of_law_urges_us_to_reduce_clout_of_bar/



--Eleanor 19:00, December 21, 2006 (EST)

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