Concord Law and ABA

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by Christopher Green, Nov 24, 2004.

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  1. Christopher Green

    Christopher Green New Member

    Isn't Concord pursuing ABA accreditation?

    Will this ever happen? Why or why not?

    I think about pursuing law sometimes, but I have a problem with the non-ABA school. I know that it would be possible to pass the bar in CA through Concord, Oak Brook, etc.

    Supposed I finished law school and didn't pass the bar: I would just as likely be happy with an academic career. In that case, it seems that an ABA school would help much more with all the name "glitz" for hobnobing all the uppety bozos.

    But if I were to retain that option, I'd have to pack up and move, put school on a credit card, and just do it. Which one, in or out of CA, would be worth it?

    My first thought is Pepperdine. But Malibu--expensive cost of living!
     
  2. nosborne48

    nosborne48 Well-Known Member

    The ABA will not accredit any non residental J.D. program. Period. This policy, like all policies, COULD change but I doubt it will happen in MY lifetime.

    The ABA considers the personal interaction between professors and students and between students and each other to be part of the process of "socialization" and to be much too important to dispense with.

    Heck, the ABA won't accredit California R/A residential schools just because the library isn't deemed large enough or there aren't enough full time professors!
     
  3. nosborne48

    nosborne48 Well-Known Member

    After posting the above, I remembered an astonishing fact:

    Even the California Bar will not accredit D/L law schools. D/L students complete a 4 year period of study under the guidance of registered correspondence schools just like students in unaccredited B&M law schools or clerks in lawyers' offices or judges' chambers and they ALL must pass the Baby Bar.

    All CalBar accredited schools are resident and may offer three year full time J.D. programs. Plus their students are exempt from the Baby Bar.

    It seems to me that David Boyd mentioned that a law school without CalBar or ABA accreditation is not eligible for regional accreditation.

    So Concord has even a higher set of hurdles than I originally thought!
     
  4. TomICAVols

    TomICAVols New Member

    What is this about Oak Brook? That's one I wasn't familiar with.
     
  5. Christopher Green

    Christopher Green New Member

    Tom,

    If you want to know about Oak Brook, do a search on this forum. They have remarkably high bar passage rates.

    Thank you Nosborne. I was hoping you would post on this one. I'm also glad we can put religious differences aside and discuss DL stuff with civility!

    Also, feel free to let me know if I ever get too abrasive on here.

    Chris
     
  6. cpaq

    cpaq New Member

    Concord has a new dean who is a former ABA accreditation official. So they might be working on some sort of alternative to the DL accreditation conundrum. Whether they will have a solution that appeals to the ABA is questionable.

    Concord should consider proposing to the ABA a 2/2 or 2/3 option with a B&M school. Two years at Concord/Kaplan and another 2 or 3 at a B&M school could possibly appeal to the ABA, although it would require a dramatic change in its current accreditation standards.

    Concord's price is now high enough (about $30K for four years) that this might work for them, if they are were able to double or triple enrollment, and serve more than one ABA school.
     
  7. nosborne48

    nosborne48 Well-Known Member

    The ABA DOES seem to be more receptive to D/L once the student has completed the first 1/3 of the program in residence.

    Who knows.
     

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