[blindlaw] Attending law school via distance learning

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I think one of the major challenges with attending an online law school is  
ABA acreditation.  Several of the California law schools that are distance  
learning programs are not ABA accredited, and the only state, I believe, 
that  allows Bar licensure from non-ABA accredited schools is California.  The 
 problem exists when the graduate wants to either sit for another State Bar 
Exam,  and they are not permitted to do so or tries to get a job (even with 
California  Bar Licensure) and the employer requires ABA acreditation from 
the applicant's  law school.  Added to that, there is still a great deal of 
negative stigma  associated with non-ABA acreditation in the profession, so 
it is probably much  more difficult to get a job if your school was not 
accredited.
 
Good luck.
Ronza
 
 
 
In a message dated 8/5/2011 3:56:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ckrugman at sbcglobal.net writes:

I am  aware of several law schools in California that offer distance 
learning  
and on line degrees. There are many requirements both for the schools and  
students that enroll in them to insure that students are receiving a  
quality 
legal education. While distance learning is obviously not for  everyone 
there 
are advantages for many nontraditional students. My  rationale for 
considering an on line law school is that I already have  worked in the 
legal 
field for many years and  have gained a large  amount of legal experience. 
My 
possible interest in obtaining a J.D.  degree is to further and extend what 
I 
have been doing in the legal field.  The cost of an on line law school is 
considerably less than a traditional  program. On line $15,000 to complete 
traditional $50,000 plus to complete.  At my age being in my mid 50's I am 
not willing to incur the personal debt  required to attend a traditional 
law 
school whereas I would be inclined to  incur the debt and could cover it 
with 
present income to attend an on line  law school. With changes occurring in 
the legal profession today it is  necessary for it to be flexible as to how 
people attain their legal  training. While it is not widely done it is 
still 
possible for a person to  take the California bar exam having worked under 
the tutelage of a lawyer  in good standing for a certain period of time. 
Occasionally, someone will  still do this.
On the other hand there are always drawbacks to distance  learning those 
being the lack of personal interaction that occurs while  participating in 
a 
conventional setting. When in graduate school and  paralegal school I found 
this to be one of the strong points of  traditional learning. I interviewed 
with one of the on line schools here  in California as a friend who is 
sighted is considering attending it. I  found this particular school to be 
receptive to my attending and the staff  that I met with told me that they 
have a few blind students attending  their program and they have made 
attempts to make sure that their on line  content is accessible. While this 
is late I hope this helps.
Chuck  Krugman, M.S.W., Paralegal
1237 P Street
Fresno ca  93721
559-266-9237
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "RJ Sandefur"  <joltingjacksandefur at gmail.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Law Mailing List"  <blindlaw at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 7:41  AM
Subject: [blindlaw] Attending law school via distance  learning


In your opinion, Should  people be permitted to  attend law school via 
distance learning? Attached is standard 3.6, which  deals with distance 
learning. California is the only state which allows  students who attend 
law 
school via distance learning to sit for their bar.  Please read the 
standard 
carefully, before commenting. What would be the  pros and cons concerning 
this method? Sincerely,  RJ


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