2 Year Law Programs

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  1. andyhutch

    andyhutch New Member

    I've been researching 2 year law programs and have found the following. Does anyone know of others? Not looking to be a lawyer .....

    Accredited
    Woodbury College – Master of Science in Law http://www.woodbury-college.info/default.asp
    California University of Pennsylvania - Master in Legal Studieshttp://www.cup.edu/graduate/legal/index.jsp

    Non Accredited
    Northwestern California School of Law – Bachelor of Science in Law http://www.nwculaw.edu/cgi-bin/nwcu/programs_lawstudy.html

    UK Based
    Univeristy of London External - 2 year LLB http://www.londonexternal.ac.uk/prospective_students/undergraduate/panel/law/index.shtml
    Northumbria University - Graduate Diploma in Law (Common Professional Examination) http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/law/ourprogs/gdl/content/?view=Standard

    BTW my story is I followed BA in 4 weeks and tested out 119 credits in 9 mths for my Bachelors with Charter Oak. Then through NCC Education spent 6 months studying for a PGDip in Strategic Business IT with a plan to continue with Portsmouth Uni (UK) for the MSc. Didn't work out for me so I enrolled in a Professional Doctorate in Information Security at the University of East London (UK)

    cheers
     
  2. friendorfoe

    friendorfoe Active Member

  3. soupbone

    soupbone Active Member

  4. airtorn

    airtorn Moderator

    Two degrees that pop to mind are the California University of Pennsylvania's M.S. in Legal Studies and Nova Southeastern's Master of Health Law.

    Both are RA.
     
  5. sshuang

    sshuang New Member

    The following JD degrees can be completed in two years.

    Novus Law School
    http://novus.edu/

    Mid-Atlantic School of Law
    http://www.midatlanticlaw.org/



     
  6. TEKMAN

    TEKMAN Semper Fi!

    Novus only specializes in Law now? I remember last I checked it was like Breyer State's business.
     
  7. shawn3500

    shawn3500 New Member

    law

    do these law programs prepare you to pass the bar exam?
    Do you know of any programs similar to northwestern law program in chicago but located in California?
     
  8. recruiting

    recruiting Member

    Then there is the THOMAS JEFFERSON LAW SCHOOL IN SAN DIEGO CA. This is an ABA accredited B&M school with a rather nice online program for lawyers and non lawyers alike.

    Getting a Law degree from an ABA accredited school, IMHO give the degree a higher level or credibility. I was looking into a law degree (non lawyer) not that long ago and they were very responsive to my questions.

    Hope this helps,
    Doc

    [FONT=&quot][/FONT]http://mastersinlaw.tjsl.edu
     
  9. shawn3500

    shawn3500 New Member

    and this is a 2 year jd which preps you to pass the cal bar?
     
  10. shawn3500

    shawn3500 New Member

    Is it a JD program?
     
  11. Koolcypher

    Koolcypher Member

    Shawn,

    I don't mean to be rude, please don't take it this way. It seems, to me at least, that you are being lazy. You want us to read and do the research for you. If you look closely to all of these degrees you will notice that the majority are LLM degrees. These online (LLM) degrees are geared towards JD holders. They will not prepare you to sit for the BAR exam. Again, I'm not being rude or mean, I'm just curious to know if you really know the difference between JD, LLM, LLB. Hope this helps :)
     
  12. shawn3500

    shawn3500 New Member

    Is their any 2 year law JD programs in California or online?
     
  13. recruiting

    recruiting Member

    The OP wants a Law Degree - not to practice law, just a degree in law.

    The TJLS looks like it fits the bill..
     
  14. major56

    major56 Active Member

    If the OP merely wants a degree in law, then the BSL, MSL, JSM, MJ degrees should suffice. Of course the LLM is reserved for JD holders.

    In that TJSL is a standalone ABA law school, and the ABA only accredits JDs, then technically, the JSM degree offered by TJLS would be unaccredited in that TJLS doesn’t hold regional accreditation.

    Loyola University-Chicago (School of Law): offers a MJ in several specializations (w/one available online). In that Loyola University is RA and its Law School ABA; the degree would be RA.
    Master of Jurisprudence (M.J.) Degree | School of Law | Loyola University Chicago

    Nova Southeastern University-Shepard Broad Law Center:
    MS in Employment Law
    Main - Master of Science in Employment Law

    MS in Health Law
    Master of Science in Health Law

    Both degrees would be RA with Nova Southeastern being RA and its Law School ABA; however, even though the degrees would be awarded by the law school, neither degree would be ABA accredited because the ABA only accredits the JD.
     
  15. major56

    major56 Active Member

    My error as regards the ABA only accrediting JD programs; there is ONE exception:

    Of the 201 institutions that are ABA-approved; 200 confer the first degree in law (the J.D. degree), with the ABA accrediting one law school that confers only one resident graduate course degree— the LLM in Military Law:

    U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School (TJAGLCS) in Charlottesville, VA. (TJAGLCS is located adjacent to the University of Virginia Law School).

    ABA-Approved Law Schools | Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
     
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  16. recruiting

    recruiting Member

    The Icon below says it all, reading is fundamental (well here it is :banana:)

    :iagree:
     

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