NCARB last year initiated a 14-institution, national pilot program to test the feasibility of offering an accelerated path to architecture licensing for qualified student-candidates. Two post-secondary, degree granting architecture schools in SoCal are participating - San Diego's NewSchool of Architecture and Design and Woodbury University (both here in San Diego and in Los Angeles). Critical to the success of the pilot is the ability of these schools to place IPAL participants in working practices - as either interns or "shadowers" - to fulfill the Architecture Experience Programs (AXP) requirements. To learn more, please visit www.ncarb.org/IPAL . If you firm is interested in taking on either (or both) an IPAL intern or shadower, please connect with the Chapter offices for details about the suitable contacts at each school.