Former Law Student Sues School After She
Flunks Out
ABC News, Los Angeles, April 2, 1999 - A student who lasted
just two semesters at Western State University College of Law has sued
the school for not warning her that she may flunk out.
Zari Zafarani, 45, of Redondo Beach claims school officials
assured her that she would succeed in law school even though she had
voiced concerns about her limited English skills and low Law School
Admissions Test score.
"The school was aware that people with LSAT scores like hers
tended to have a minimal chance of ... becoming lawyers," her lawyer,
Brian Dobrin, said Thursday. "They had a duty to disclose how poor her
chances really were."
A spokesman for the university did not immediately return a
phone message seeking comment.
Zafarani scored in the 22nd percentile on the LSAT but
was admitted anyway to Western State in spring 1991. She flunked out
after the second semester. She is currently a secondary school teacher.
The lawsuit filed Monday accuses the school of committing
fraud by making false promises, and claims that the school has
documents in which administrators estimate that only 10 percent of
students with low LSAT scores will succeed.
The lawsuit seeks lost tuition and lost earnings if she had
been employed in 1991, estimated at about $60,000, and punitive
damages.
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