J.D. onlne CA without an undergrad

Can Homeschooled Students Go To Law School

Step 1: Complete your pre-legal education. Most law students have already completed a bachelor’s degree. However, California’s minimum requirement is that students complete at least two years of college-level work (60 semester credits) with a GPA equal to or above that required for graduation. Alternatively, you may prove that you have intellectual ability equal to a college student in his second year by passing subject matter examinations with scores accepted by the Committee.

Step 2: Complete your legal education. Online law students may sit for the California Bar if they receive 864 hours of study for each year through a correspondence program that is registered with the committee). (off-site link).” The Committee does not accredit online law schools; instead, they allow distance learning schools to register with them if the online schools meet requirements. Because the Committee won’t vouch for the quality of these programs, it is essential to thoroughly investigate any online law school before enrolling. Here are the online law schools currently registered with the Committee:

Abraham Lincoln University School of Law
American Heritage University School of Law
California School of Law
Concord School of Law
Esquire College
MD Kirk School of Law
Newport University
Northwestern California University
Oak Brook College of Law and Government Policy
Southern California University for Professional Studies
University of Honolulu
West Coast School of Law, Inc.
West Haven University
William Howard Taft University

 

The link is to Oak Brook which is an unusual institution even among California correspondence law schools. At first, the school had a phenomenal pass rate on the Baby Bar and General Bar exams. I think they still do very well but at first they were doing as well as some Tier 1 ABA approved schools.

I like Oak Brook. They do a good job and they've kept the costs down. However, the school does purport to train lawyers in a specifically Bible-based approach to law and I could never figure out what that meant.

 

You can add St. Francis Online Law School to the list as well.

 

Oh boy. I googled St. Francis to make sure that they're still operational and now on every other site I visit I'm getting banner ads and other forms of advertising from them. I wonder if they do the hard sell if you call?

 

Also, American International School of Law. Very new. Dean is the former Dean of an ABA law school. The program has prep courses built in as part of the program. Cost is the least expensive. Too new to have an established track record yet.

Online Law School | First Year Law Students Exam California | AISOL

For a homeschooler or anyone else considering the non ABA route, here is a comprehensive guide to requirements for the practice of law state by state.
http://www.ncbex.org/assets/media_files/Comp-Guide/CompGuide.pdf