A former graduate and employee of Arizona Summit Law School is claiming that she has ample grounds to sue for discrimination and fraud despite the school's arguments that her lawsuit is meritless.

Plaintiff Paula Lorona in court papers on Aug. 27 responded to Arizona Summit's motion to dismiss her lawsuit, refuting the school's assertion that she failed to state any claims. Lorona claims, among other things, that the school misrepresented the academic credentials of its students and overstated their success on the bar exam.

“It is entirely plausible that Lorona would have chosen to stop the incursion of debt and the expenditure of substantial sums of cash had she known these facts,” reads the response, filed in U.S. District Court for Arizona. “Defendants' arguments that Lorona has failed to adequately plead fraud claims are meritless.”