[blindlaw] Attending law school via distance learning

[ckrugman at sbcglobal.net]

the law school is Northwestern California College of Law in Sacramento. If 
you do a search you should find their web site with contact info on it as I 
don't have it handy right now.
Chuck
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> Hi Chuck, thanks for writing  in detail about the relative merits and 
> demerits of online law studies.
>
> Could you please give me the name of the law school you mention at the end 
> of the post? I would like to email  the person you spoke to further 
> inquire about the possibility of law studies at their college?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Sushil Oswal
>
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>  From: ckrugman at sbcglobal.net
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>  Sent: Friday, August 05, 2011 12:55 AM
>  Subject: Re: [blindlaw] Attending law school via distance learning
>
>
>  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>
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>  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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