All but one public law school in Florida plans to begin the fall semester with in-person classes, but four other schools have announced online-only sessions, reflecting a national split on how to proceed during the coronavirus pandemic.

Florida A&M University College of Law in Orlando, Ave Maria School of Law in Naples, Florida Coastal School of Law in Jacksonville and Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, which has a Tampa campus, are starting virtual.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has been pushing for public school reopenings despite the state's status as a COVID-19 hotspot with the case count pushing past 500,000 on Wednesday.