In some states you can't take the bar if your school isn't accredited, in others you have to take something called the "baby bar" during law school in order to qualify to sit for the bar.
Starting at a new law school is very risky as a student. If they don't get their provisional accreditation you may not be able to sit for the bar exam when you graduate. While it looks like they are doing an
excellent job from
everything I've read online , you have to be careful. When I was in school Chapman had just opened their law school and there was a lot of dispute over their accreditation.
Laura, you are correct about La Verne. They are accreditated by the WASC and the California Committee of Bar Examiners but are still in the application process for the ABA. As a result you can sit for the California bar without taking the baby bar but if you want to practice in another jurisdiction you ahve to contact their state bar to see if you can qualify to take the bar there. The paralegal program is accredited by Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, not by the ABA. The law school has the same accreditation, it's just not enough to qualify to sit for the bar in other jurisdictions.
I hope this helps.
:-)