EPIC two year bump. That is all.Online Law Student wrote:I am an online law student. I have "kinda" made a comparative study of the eleven correspondence and online law schools registered on the California State Bar website.
For some basic information about correspondence and online law schools, go to Wikipedia: Correspondence and Online Law Schools, at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence_law_school.
As the statistic set forth in this Wikipedia entry show, except for the students at one online law school, namely the California School of Law, the passage rates on the First Year Law Students' Exam ("baby bar") for students at the correspondence and online law schools are shockingly low. Indeed, the passage rates on the October 2008 baby bar were 10 % and 14 % at Abraham Lincoln and Concord, the two biggest online law schools. In contrast, for the California School of Law students who had taken the School's recommended, but not mandated baby bar exam prep course and who had taken the School's Legal Methods course, literally 100 % of its students taking the June "09 baby bar were successful. The apparent reason for this School's excellent baby bar passage rate is that it is the only online law school that has the technology to use the Socratic Method of instruction as it is used at the top prestigious law "residential lawschools. Go to http://www.californiaschooloflaw.com/ for more information.
In reply to "Woozy" whose comments about the statistics are below, he or she is confused. The data is 100 % clear, both on the website and in the Wikipedia article: six students from the California School of Law took the June "09 baby bar and four passed. The only faiures were two students who had not taken the School's prep course or the School's legal method course.
As to the pejorative comments below by "Voice of Reason about job prospects for online law students, this will not be the case for California School of Law gradiuates because the School already is getting a reputation for providing a high quality and rigorous experience, through use of the Socratic Method.
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What's even more epic is that is was the second two year bump this thread's received.oneforship wrote:EPIC two year bump. That is all.
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Someone should lock this thread til 2011.Woozy wrote:What's even more epic is that is was the second two year bump this thread's received.oneforship wrote:EPIC two year bump. That is all.
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Wow I didn't even notice that. Haha, this thread is legendary.Woozy wrote:What's even more epic is that is was the second two year bump this thread's received.oneforship wrote:EPIC two year bump. That is all.
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Another thing is whether these certificates will be accpeted for bar education in my country.
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/facepalmpamra wrote:I am considering to go to online law school, but I want to know if any of you know how would be finding a job after graduating from an online law school. I mean, if I pass my bar, does it make a difference where did I graduate from?
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Haha you need to do more fun stuff.rando wrote:This thread has made my day. perfect.
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Yes.pamra wrote:I am considering to go to online law school, but I want to know if any of you know how would be finding a job after graduating from an online law school. I mean, if I pass my bar, does it make a difference where did I graduate from?
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Work has ended and i'm waiting a few days to go on vacation. So broken english and watching the progression of online law school questions since 2005 will have to suffice.rad law wrote:Haha you need to do more fun stuff.rando wrote:This thread has made my day. perfect.

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1) Online schools are not ranked. There is no point in ranking them because a J.D. from such a school serves one purpose and one purpose only; it permits the student to take the California Bar exam. There is no such thing as prestige attached to these degrees.
2) A tiny, tiny percentage of students who begin such a program will ever pass the Bar. A larger, but still tiny, percentage will actually reach the point of failing the Bar.
3) Every year, a few students do pass and are duly licensed. It can be done. But studying law via correspondence is an order of magnitude more difficult than sitting in class. The successful student will learn a great deal of law but the VAST majority of students will not be successful.
4) Online or correspondence law schools are much less expensive than resident study but the two fairly decent schools out there, the ones with any sort of federally recognized accreditation, cannot be described as "cheap". Total J.D. tuition will run into the low to mid-tens of thousands of dollars.
There is no technical reason that a lawyer with one of these degrees could not be hired into any California firm or be hired by any California state or local governmental authority. I have no data to suggest whether such hiring ever takes place, however the schools themselves tout their graduates as successful Judges, Assistant District Attorneys, and solo/small firm practitioners. Perhaps; but I'd guess that most either do not practice or hang out their own shingles.
Bottom line: These schools should be considered only by California residents for whom an ABA approved full or part time program is unavailable either due to cost or location. I would strongly DIScourage anyone from attempting a distance program because he did not qualify academically for an ABA program. Given the choice between a distance J.D. program and an evening program at a California Bar accredited school, I would do the resident program even if it cost a bit more. It is that much easier and there's a MUCH better chance of actually finishing the degree.
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This is the only distance-ed law degree with any kind of prestige or reputation attached to it. All other online law courses are utterly worthless.
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+1. Literally laughing out loud reading this thread.Informative wrote:This thread is awesome. lol.
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do not know that I have seen a two-page five-and-one-half year old thread before that has had the dust blown off, not once but TWICE (and I guess now closer to a third time).Section141 wrote:+1. Literally laughing out loud reading this thread.Informative wrote:This thread is awesome. lol.
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It's only 2 pages, how did you miss it???too old for this sh* wrote:do not know that I have seen a two-page five-and-one-half year old thread before that has had the dust blown off, not once butSection141 wrote:+1. Literally laughing out loud reading this thread.Informative wrote:This thread is awesome. lol.TWICE (and I guess now closer to a third time)FOUR times.

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Professors can't even get undergrad online classes right most of the time. Online law school would be the ultimate hell.
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Finding a job would probably be the same as having a real degree from 100 or so real law schools.devluka wrote:I am considering to buy online fake degree, but I want to know if any of you know how would be finding a job after getting online fake degree. I mean, if I get fake degree form good university?
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