NWCU Law Tuition Rising, Lower Rate Locked-In for Applicants By February 28 2025

[Jonathan Whatley]

Northwestern California University School of Law (NWCU Law) is increasing tuition for its distance learning Juris Doctor (JD), accredited by the State Bar of California and bar-qualifying there though with limited transferability to other state bars, from 3900 per year to 4980 per year effective March 1 2025.

Students who apply no later than February 28 2025 and who also enroll within 30 days from the date of enrollment approval will be eligible to have the old tuition "'locked-in'… for the entire length of the four year program, until degree completion, if completed on schedule."

Via NWCU alum sideman on the sister forum.

[Bingbong]

Interesting. I wonder what prompted the increase. Seems like American Institute of Law is the cheapest route for anyone interested in Calbar accredited schools, however, they require students to take the baby bar.

[bjcheung77]

For those wondering... Here's the list of institutions: https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Admissions/Law...aw-Schools

[Bingbong]

Interesting. I wonder what prompted the increase. Seems like American Institute of Law is the cheapest route for anyone interested in Calbar accredited schools, however, they require students to take the baby bar.

Edit
Southern California School of Law is actually the cheapest. $13,300 for 4 years, however, students are required to take the baby bar.

[bjcheung77]

Northwestern California University School of Law (NWCU Law) just requires an associates for entry into their program, if I recall correctly. What you can do is, try to get a Bachelors degree first, or try to incorporate their classes into a Bachelors that allows 30-60 credits of electives... With proper planning, you can get an Associates, Bachelors, plus a JD for an incredible price point...

[Jonathan Whatley]

Northwestern California University School of Law (NWCU Law) just requires an associates for entry into their program, if I recall correctly.  What you can do is, try to get a Bachelors degree first, or try to incorporate their classes into a Bachelors that allows 30-60 credits of electives... With proper planning, you can get an Associates, Bachelors, plus a JD for an incredible price point...

NWCU Law credits could not be transferred to most bachelor's because by the most common definition of the word, NWCU is unaccredited: it holds no accreditation from a DOED or CHEA recognized agency, such as WASC, DEAC, or the ABA. Its accreditation is from the State Bar of California (CalBar).

There are some non-ABA, CalBar accredited or registered law schools which additionally hold DOED/CHEA recognized accreditation, such as Purdue Global (RA) and Taft (NA DEAC).

[bjcheung77]

Basically, I wasn't clear enough, I didn't mean a direct transfer into the 30-60 elective credits, but by doing a PLA for say TESU or UMPI, they can take the Law Shelf classes as well if they wanted to make sure they transfer over or for the extra knowledge to fill learning gaps. There may be other options, I would still suggest trying to get the balanced mix/match trifecta of certs, degree, experience... If it's within budget and your time frame to get the Bachelors, I would go for it.