Rodi wanted to be a lawyer and practice law in New Jersey. To take the New Jersey bar exam, he had to attend a school accredited by the American Bar Association(ABA). He got a recruitment letter from the dean of the Southern New England School of Law (SNESL) stating the ABA acreditation committee had voted to recommend provisional accreditation and the law school was highly confident it would get it. After he enrolled, Rodi recieved a catalogue which had a disclaimer stating that the school made no representation to any applicant or student that it would be approved by the ABA prior to the graduation of any student. The ABA denied accreditation after Rodi's first year, and he considered transferring. However he recieved a letter from the acting dean stating that the areas of concern to the ABA had been addressed and that Rodi should have no cause for pessimism about the school getting accredited before he graduated. He therefore stayed. The school was not accredited, and Rodi could not take the New Jersey bar exam. He sued SNESLand the deans for fraud and misrepresentation. Will he be successful? Why?
Rodi wanted to be a lawyer and practice law in New Jersey. To take the New Jersey bar exam, he had to attend a school accredited by the American Bar Association(ABA). He got a recruitment letter from the dean of the Southern New England School of Law (SNESL) stating the ABA acreditation committee had voted to recommend provisional accreditation and the law school was highly confident it would get it. After he enrolled, Rodi recieved a catalogue which had a disclaimer stating that the school made no representation to any applicant or student that it would be approved by the ABA prior to the graduation of any student. The ABA denied accreditation after Rodi's first year, and he considered transferring. However he recieved a letter from the acting dean stating that the areas of concern to the ABA had been addressed and that Rodi should have no cause for pessimism about the school getting accredited before he graduated. He therefore stayed. The school was not accredited, and Rodi could not take the New Jersey bar exam. He sued SNESLand the deans for fraud and misrepresentation. Will he be successful? Why?
