People's College of Law to Close After Nearly 50 Years

It may not look it, from its shabby, two-story, green and putty colored storefront, with its broken lights and faded graffiti, but the People's College of Law has produced a surprising array of influential lawyers and politicians.

Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, state Senator Maria Elena Durazo and former City Councilman Gil Cedillo all attended the four-year, unaccredited public interest law school, as did Carol Sobel, a public interest attorney who helped shape homeless policy for the last few decades.

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