Taft University Juris Doctor Executive Tract

Just looking well into the future here. If I stay in the Navy (IE if the Navy lets me stay in) I will finish my Masters degree only a few months after my reenlistment and will be looking for something else to do. Anything beyond a masters degree would honestly just be for fun and personal growth. With that said this program looks interesting to me. Can anyone tell me more in depth info about the program or the school. Here is a link to the program Taft Law School - Online Executive Juris Doctor Program, JD Distance Learning

 

Concord Law School also offers the EJD and as Taft, is accredited by DETC. Moreover, Concord's online law school is part of a regionally accredited (HLC-NCA) institution (e.g., Kaplan University).

EJD Degree: Executive Juris Doctorate Degree Program - Online Law Degree | Concord Law School

 

Non-ABA law degrees that allow you to sit for a Bar exam (any Bar exam) have limited utility, so I would rank an EJD degree that doesn't allow you to sit for any Bar exam to have almost no utility.

If you want to study the law for personal interest, or to further your career goals, with no interest in actually becoming a lawyer, I think there are much better (and far cheaper) options available with the various unaccredited California law schools. You'll still receive a decent legal education, while saving thousands of dollars, and there is always the option of taking the California Bar exam if your career goals/living situation changes.

Having a DETC-accredited law degree that doesn't allow you to sit for the Bar exam severely restricts (IMO) your options, since you can't take any Bar exam, you can't teach at any RA schools, and even teaching at DETC schools might be a problem, since there are others out there who chose to go the Bar-eligible route.

Of course, YMMV, but forewarned is forearmed.

 

Anything in particular come to mind? I would prefer it to at least be accredited. Though it is simply for personal interest I would still prefer some accreditation because I would feel as though I were wasting my money otherwise. The EJD interested me because you can "tailor" it more to your own interests. I wanted to lean more towards labor laws and the like (things similar to my other two degrees which will both be in HR). EJD just seemed fun reading it. But if I can get a similar program that is accredited (DETC, NA, or RA any would be ok) that does not hit my pocket quite as hard I would definitely be open to suggestion.

 

In that the practice of law in the U.S. is not precedence, have you in addition considered a recognized foreign awarded credential (i.e., LLB or JD)?

Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen Business School – UK /Scotland): online LLB accredited by the Law Society of Scotland (The fee for the entire course is £9,600 /$15,000).
RGU: LLB Law: Bachelor of Laws Degree Course (Online): Overview of Course
Law LLB (Online) Aberdeen Business School | Robert Gordon University (RGU)

University of London (UK)
LLB and Diploma in Law - University of London LLB - University of London International Programmes - Key points

Nottingham Trent University /Nottingham Law School (UK)
Course finder - Nottingham Law School - Nottingham Trent University

(Note: I believe that one poster’s (Steve Foerster) wife is currently a LLB distance student at Nottingham Trent).

University of Southern Queensland (AUS): JD
Programs and Courses - Juris Doctor (DJUR)

University of New England (AUS): JD
Juris Doctor - UNE - Course and Unit Catalogue 2012

Southern Cross University (AUS): LLB
School of Law & Justice - Flexible study options

 

A JD degree for fun and personal growth? If law is what you want to learn, you should consider doing a Master's in Legal Studies, because a JD is going to be a heavy load to carry.

I just obtained a big promotion with my company and seriously consideriing the follwoing schools below after I complete my MBA. Then again, I am hoping that Liberty University decides to offer a masters in legal studies since they started offering a BS in Paralegal Studies.

American Public University - MA in Legal Studies
Low cost and a lot of electives to choose from.

California University of Pennsylvania - MS in Legal Studies
Only four core and 8 electives to choose.

West Virginia University - Masters in Legal Studies
Seven core classes, and option for independent study on the other 15 credits.

 

I have often thought the same and it eliminated the pesky question of,
Q - "Why did you get a JD but do not practice law?"
A - "The school is not ABA accreditied in this state so I can not sit for the bar"
Q - "Huh...what????"
A - "Never mind"

 

This one has always interested me;

http://www.nwculaw.edu/

That should be easy to explain from the "personal interest/enrichment" angle....Mitt Romney graduated Harvard Law but never took a Bar exam, and it hasn't hindered him much. onder: