11-02-2024, 11:13 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-02-2024, 11:47 AM by Jonathan Whatley.)
Many ABA schools award scholarships based on GPA and LSAT to improve their positions in the main US News law school ranking. Non-ABA schools aren't ranked there, so non-ABA schools like Purdue Global aren't in that game. Can you play that game with an ABA school?
CalBar generally requires a notional 4 academic years on the premise that distance learning or correspondence law study is part-time. Purdue Global was the first school permitted by CalBar to offer a full-time courseload schedule, which permits 2 calendar years. Keep an eye on whether a lower-cost distance learning or correspondence CalBar school such as NWCU is permitted to offer a full-time courseload schedule.
There are numerous British qualifying law degrees or post-baccalaureate diplomas by distance learning. A moderator on the sister board degreeinfo talks about his ex-wife's journey to the bar in the US via an online LLB from Nottingham Trent University, then an American legal studies LLM to qualify in her state. A tough journey with many fellow students dropping off. She succeeded.
A challenge to taking a British qualifying credential to California is that actually becoming a British bar member traditionally requires, after the university education in law, a legal practice course then an in-person apprenticeship-type period called pupillage for a barrister or training contract for a solicitor, if I'm not mistaken. In recent years I've read about great difficulty for some qualified students to receive a pupillage or training contract. There might have been reforms to the process in recent years.
Handy references:
ABA-Approved Law Schools With Approved Distance Education J.D. Programs
State Bar of California list of law schools
CalBar generally requires a notional 4 academic years on the premise that distance learning or correspondence law study is part-time. Purdue Global was the first school permitted by CalBar to offer a full-time courseload schedule, which permits 2 calendar years. Keep an eye on whether a lower-cost distance learning or correspondence CalBar school such as NWCU is permitted to offer a full-time courseload schedule.
There are numerous British qualifying law degrees or post-baccalaureate diplomas by distance learning. A moderator on the sister board degreeinfo talks about his ex-wife's journey to the bar in the US via an online LLB from Nottingham Trent University, then an American legal studies LLM to qualify in her state. A tough journey with many fellow students dropping off. She succeeded.
A challenge to taking a British qualifying credential to California is that actually becoming a British bar member traditionally requires, after the university education in law, a legal practice course then an in-person apprenticeship-type period called pupillage for a barrister or training contract for a solicitor, if I'm not mistaken. In recent years I've read about great difficulty for some qualified students to receive a pupillage or training contract. There might have been reforms to the process in recent years.
Handy references:
ABA-Approved Law Schools With Approved Distance Education J.D. Programs
State Bar of California list of law schools
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