Though the Maine Department of Education has given Husson College approval to offer law degrees, the high court has again denied Husson's future law school students to take the Maine Bar exam! From speaking in 2008 with the former President of Husson College, William Beardsley, when he was running for governor of Maine, and by reading Supreme Court rejects Husson law school's application, I know why. The reason Husson can't get accredited by the American Bar Association is that professors there aren't given tenure (lifetime employment). That's crazy! What does that have to do with the quality of the students' education! Quoting from the story:
In place of ABA accreditation, Husson asked the court to devise a set of ABA-like standards and create a commission to determine whether the proposed law school would meet those standards.
But the Maine Supreme Court wouldn't do it, Chief Justice Leigh Saufley authored the decision, saying:
"Husson's decision not to apply for accreditation from the ABA provides an insufficient basis for us to take these extraordinary steps,"
