Touro College claims an online-only school is turning out graduates with phony law degrees, according to a lawsuit.
Marshall Islands-based Novus University Law School “engaged in false, deceptive, misleading and unfair practices by representing itself to be a bona fide foreign law school,” Touro claims in Manhattan Supreme Court papers.
Touro — itself once embroiled in a grade-changing scandal — says Novus collected tuition from students but “conferred worthless law degrees,” according to court papers filed last week.
Authorities in Texas and Oregon have already declared law degrees from Novus invalid, and Touro is asking a judge to declare the school a diploma mill.
“Novus graduates often apply and are erroneously accepted to American Bar Association-accredited programs,” Touro charged.
Touro said it made the discovery when it became embroiled in “meritless litigation” involving Novus, which did not respond to messages seeking comment.