The U.S. Department of Education has settled with five free-standing law schools after an investigation showed that those institutions “improperly disbursed” federal financial aid to students enrolled in unaccredited master of laws programs.
Albany Law School, Atlanta’s John Marshall School of Law, Brooklyn Law School, New England Law–Boston and New York Law School handed out nearly $2.9 million total to 92 students in their master’s programs from July 2017 to June 2022, according to a department news release. The schools agreed to pay back the federal funds and not seek to recoup the money from the students.
