The college reserves the right to make changes to policies affecting the administration of the College as may be necessary. The College reserves the right to add, change or withdraw courses as may be necessary.

Interpretation of all or any part of the policies and rules contained in any College announcement, catalogue, or bulletin is at the sole discretion of the administration. Agreements affecting modification, waiver, revision of the stated school policy must be approved by the Dean.

Enrollment of any student in the College of Law is deemed acceptance of the rules, regulations and procedures found in this catalogue and other bulletins issued by the Administration. Any student who believes any policy has been inequitably applied may petition the Academic Department for redress.

Course(s) may be added and dropped prior to the start of the third week of any semester or session upon petitioning the academic department and paying the prescribed fee. Core courses may be taken in lieu of non-core courses. Dropping of course(s) will be governed by the rules pertaining to withdrawals. All program changes must be approved by the Dean.

Students shall not enroll in or attend any other college without a prior written request to do so which must be approved by the Dean. Those who violate this requirement may be administratively disqualified.

Official transcripts will be provided subject to payment of the prescribed fee and if there is no outstanding financial obligations due to the college. If the student has made a partial tuition payment ACL will only withhold that portion of the grades or transcript amount of the tuition that remains unpaid.

Transcripts will include grades posted as of the request date and will be marked appropriately for intended usage. Documents establishing eligibility for admission are not available for redistribution.

The American College of Law maintains its records at the college campus administrative office located at, 3745 West Chapman Avenue, Suite 250, Orange, California 92868. We have consistently maintained our records dating back to our opening in 1971. We are also the official custodian of records for two other closed law school campus':

Irvine University School of Law
Southern California School of Law

In compliance with the provisions of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, The American College of Law maintains confidentiality of student educational records. However, the college will disclose student records without prior consent to the following parties:

Certain Government Regulatory Agencies
Accrediting Organizations
Individuals who have obtained court orders or subpoenas
Persons who request information in case of fire, health, and safety emergencies.

Students who do not wish their information released must send written notification of this to the Academics department of the college. Student's may request information to be released only by signing and submitting a Release of Information. This form must be submitted to the college's academic department for processing.