ABA law schools that may accept unaccredited correspondence law degrees

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by John Bear, Jan 19, 2002.

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  1. John Bear

    John Bear Senior Member

    Several unaccredited California correspondence law schools (Saratoga, British American) have claimed they have arrangements with ABA law schools that will (may?) accept their degrees for entry into an LL.M. program (which, in turn, may qualify one to take the bar in those other states). But they have refused to identify the ABA schools in question. It turns out they may not have been talking through their stovepipe hats after all.

    Quite unexpectedly, and unasked for (since I didn't know it existed), the California Bar has mailed me a sheet entitled List of ABA approved law schools that may accept unaccredited/correspondence law school graduates for advanced graduate degrees.

    I'd love to know both how and why this list was compiled. Nonetheless, here it is. Since the LL.M. can be a one year (= 8 or 9 month) residential program, this could mean that residents of at least these nine states could qualify for the bar exam with a four-year part-time correspondence program plus those 8 or 9 months on a campus. And one unknown out there, still, is Regent U, with its online ABA LL.M. -- might they also do this? It would be great to hear from people who explore this further.

    U of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
    Capital U, Columbus OH
    Case Western Reserve U, Cleveland
    U of Illinois, Champaign
    John Marshall, Chicago
    Lewis & Clark U, Oregon
    Northwestern U, Chicago
    St. Louis U
    Temple U, Philadelphia
    U of Texas at Austin
    U of Utah
    Wayne State U, Detroit
     
  2. Howard

    Howard New Member

    John,
    I live 100 miles from UofA at Tuscaloosa. You can bet I will check this one out. Thanks for the leg work....I have asked a couple of the law schools and they have said "this is proprietary information."

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    Howard Rodgers
     
  3. kfinks

    kfinks New Member

    Howard,

    If you are interested, I would like to discuss what my research has uncovered concerning taking the bar here in Alabama.
    Let's do this off-line and then post any pertinent info.

    Kevin
    [email protected]


     
  4. Lawrie Miller

    Lawrie Miller New Member

    A little tangential to the subject of the thread perhaps, but I thought some original source material I read some while ago indicated the ABA do not accredit LLM
    degree programs. As I remember it, they liked to look at LLM degree programs offered by institutions which also offered ABA accredited JDs, expressly for the purpose of ensuring required resources were not being diverted from the JD program(s) to feed LLM program needs. However, this scrutiny in no way implied ABA sanction of the LLM program itself. Yes? No?

    May be of some import to those thinking of choosing or who have chosen a foreign LLM program over a US offering believing ABA accreditation not a factor at this level.
     
  5. Howard

    Howard New Member

    Kevin,
    Very much interested.....
    [email protected]




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    Howard Rodgers
     
  6. Jonathan Liu

    Jonathan Liu Member

    I think this is what ABA means in its website. The LLM is more like an academic program than a professional program, like JD.

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    Jonathan Liu
    http://www.geocities.com/liu_jonathan/distance.html
     

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