Annual tuition at Peoples College of Law (PCL) is $5,000.00. Each student is assessed $600.00 in addition to the tuition for the PCL accountability requirement which is credited to the extent the accountability has been performed. Accountability hours consist of performing volunteer tasks at the school. Cleaning, maintenance, committee member meeting attendance, and fundraising are examples of the types of activities students engage in to work off their accountability hours.

To date, students have been unable to get government sponsored financial aid. However, we encourage you to investigate the world of non-government scholarships.

TUITION

The Tuition you must pay is five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) per year. 

ACCOUNTABILITY FEE: In addition to tuition, students are responsible for a six hundred dollar ($600.00) annual Accountability Fee. Except for new PCL students’ first semester/quarter at PCL, students can either pay the Accountability Fee in money, or can satisfy it by performing activities that benefit PCL, such as participating on a PCL committee, repair and maintenance of the PCL building, or other activities approved by PCL. Accountability work is credited at the rate of $16.78 per hour. It can be applied to the semester/quarter in which the activity is performed or to succeeding semesters/quarters. However, students beginning their first semester or quarter as a PCL student, either as a 1L or in a higher year, must pay the first semester/quarter Accountability Fee by the due date for their first tuition payment. If they perform Accountability activities thereafter, they are eligible for a pro rata refund of that first payment if they are current in all payments owed to PCL.

First Year (1L) students must pay:

a) $1866.66 by the first day of Orientation + $200.00 accountability fee

b) An additional $1866.67 by the first day of the second quarter

c) An additional $1866.67 by the first day of the third quarter.

Upper Division students (2L, 3L, 4L) students must pay:

a) $1866.66 by the first day of the first quarter,

b) An additional $1866.67 by the first day of the second quarter,

c) An additional $1866.67 by the first day of the third quarter

A Late Fee of $25 is imposed for each payment that is not made in full by the third business day after its due date, but that does not mean students have permission to pay late.

CANCELLATION AND REFUNDS

At any time beginning with the start of the fall quarter covered by this agreement, the student may cancel this agreement and receive a prorata refund calculated on the basis of a 9 month “refund year,” defined as the fall, winter and spring quarters (i.e. excluding summer sessions, if any). For example, if a first year student has paid all amounts for the academic year and cancels this agreement at the end of the second month of the fall quarter, there would be seven months left in the refund year. Seven months is 7/9 of the refund year. Thus, the refund will be 7/9 of the amount the student has paid. But the application fee is not refundable.

Also, with the written permission of PCL signed by an officer or the Registrar or the Administrator, a student may withdraw from less than all the student’s classes and receive a prorata refund calculated using the same framework as in the preceding paragraph. For example, if the total a student has paid is for one quarter, and the student is taking three courses of 3 units each that quarter, and the student withdraws from one course half way through the quarter, then the refund will be 1/6 of the amount the student has paid for the first quarter. But the application fee is not refundable. NOTE, however, that withdrawing from less than all classes can jeopardize the ability of a student to complete their PCL education within four years and could result in increased tuition costs for the student.

All cancellations must be stated in writing, must be signed by the student who is cancelling, and must be delivered and to the PCL Administrator, Registrar or Dean, whose signature must appear on the cancellation, indicating that it has been delivered.

No refunds are allowed except those described in the three paragraphs immediately above. Refunds will be paid within 30 days after cancellation. The application fee of is non-refundable.

STATE BAR EVALUATION OF TRANSFER STUDENTS’ UNITS AT OTHER LAW SCHOOLS: As a condition of admission to PCL as a transfer student, the applicant must have the applicant’s law school education formally evaluated by the State Bar, and PCL’s decision on their admission will be based in part on the Bar’s evaluation.

The First Year at PCL

A Cost Breakdown including approximations of Non-PCL Costs

ITEM

Peoples College of Law – Application Fee (one-time)
Early Application (Before June 1, )
Late Application (After June 1)

$50.00
$75.00

Peoples College of Law First Year Courses (33 quarter units – pay for 27 units, get 6 free)

TOTAL

*All costs are subject to change. May be subject to late filing fees

**Approximation of Non-PCL costs (provided here as a guideline only)

***Applies to first year only

To verify or for more information on the California State Bar fees click here.

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