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SAN FRANCISCO LAW SCHOOLANNOUNCESITS MERGER WITHALLIANT INTERNATIONALUNIVERSITYDear San Francisco Law School Alumni, Students and Friends: San Francisco Law School is pleased to share with you some very exciting news. As announced at our Centennial Celebration dinner last Saturday, San Francisco Law School has agreed to merge with Alliant International University . This decision, approved by the San Francisco Law School Board of Directors earlier this year, offers a number of important, new advantages to San Francisco Law School and its students. San Francisco Law School will join Alliant International, a private, not-for-profit university based in San Francisco , as the only law school and as Alliant's fifth graduate school. We will become a full partner with Alliant's other professional schools, which include the California School of Professional Psychology (CSPP), the Shirley M. Hufstedler School of Education, the Marshall Goldsmith School of Management and the California School of Forensic Studies. San Francisco Law School will retain its name and will continue operating from our Haight Street campus. Most importantly, this merger will allow San Francisco Law School to continue its historic mission as an opportunity law school, with a special emphasis on providing affordable access to a quality legal education. By joining the Alliant family of schools, San Francisco Law School will become accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), the federally recognized regional accreditor for California . Regional accreditation will enable San Francisco Law School students to participate in federal student loan programs for the first time, and, thus, help assure that San Francisco Law School 's education will remain affordable. SAN FRANCISCO LAW SCHOOL will also join with Alliant's other schools to explore new interdisciplinary professional programs. Over time, law students will have opportunities to interact with their colleagues in psychology, forensics, education and management to develop advanced skills that will assist them in their professional lives. Alliant operates in six California cities ( San Francisco , Sacramento , Fresno , Los Angeles , Irvine and San Diego ) and in three international locations ( Mexico City , Hong Kong and Tokyo ). It serves some 4,000 students, and has more than 200 core faculty members. Alliant has been recognized in particular for its commitments to diversity. It is one of the leading providers of doctoral and professional education to minorities in the United States . The merger of San Francisco Law School with Alliant has been approved by the Committee of Bar Examiners (CBE) of the State Bar of California, and has been provisionally approved by Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). We expect final WASC approval in November, and anticipate that the merger will be finalized by the end of the 2009. Together, the Boards of San Francisco Law School and Alliant are very enthusiastic about the possibilities created by this merger, and look forward to a strong and successful future for San Francisco Law School . I invite you to visit both the San Francisco Law School website at www.sfls.edu and Alliant International University 's website at www.alliant.edu . These are exciting times for San Francisco Law School and we look forward to continuing our legacy as providers of opportunity legal education with our new partners for the future, Alliant International University . Jane L.O'Hara Gamp ****************************************************************************** Consider Law School Now!San Francisco Law School is now accepting applications
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