[blindlaw] Attending law school via distance learning
AZNOR99 at aol.com
AZNOR99 at aol.com
Fri Aug 5 11:05:17 UTC 2011
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
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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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