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Charlotte School of Law Alumni call for dean's, president's resignation

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Alumni of the Charlotte School of Law are now calling for the dean and president to resign.

They claim the reputation of Charlotte School of Law and its students will continue to be harmed if the dean and president stay.

The alumni association wrote a letter saying that the majority of members voted they have no confidence in the law school's leadership.

"The alumni association and its members remain dismayed and distraught by the daily revelations of misrepresentations, mistrust, mismanagement, concealment and lack of transparency," the letter read.

Charlotte School of Law officials responded saying they submitted a plan to the American Bar Association, which placed CSL on probation over concerns students weren't prepared for the bar exam.

The Department of Education terminated the school's access to federal financial aid a few months ago.

CSL officials said that move, made by now-departed political appointees, forced the school to cancel the spring 2017 class.

Meanwhile, UNC Charlotte could discuss creating a law school during its board of trustees meeting tomorrow.

According to the university's website, the board will meet Thursday at 1 p.m.

UNC Charlotte leaders last discussed adding a law school in 2008 when the recession hit.