Funny story by Dr. C. and ODA

Yup. It's a refreshing break from yet one more thread by the same guy with the same intent to bang the drum for K-W directly or indirectly. By trying to discredit Contreras he thinks he elevates K-W. No such luck! (And that's independent of one's view of ODA and its list, too.)

 

Thanks Unk, I've also been critical of the ODA and its administrator. My belief is that they foster misinformation and confusion by presenting legitimate State Approved schools along with raging diploma mills under the general heading of "unaccredited". As it can be seen with examples like PCU, this may be categorically correct but unreasonably pedantic by painting this issue with too broad a stroke. The information that the ODA presents appears very iffy and unprofessional for a State agency.

My motivation is to stem what appears to me to be illogical and official nonsense that affects 254 schools from California alone, not to mention many others that operate under other appropriate State supervision. Granted, some States don't supervise independent schools with significant standards, but I don't buy the ODA's excuse that it is too hard to know who they are.

It appears to me that by making this all much harder than it needs to be, the ODA and its administator are simply trying to create ways that maintain their official existence.

 

One of the reasons ODA might be down on PCU is that the Oregon State Bar will not accept a PCU J.D. as a qualifying law degree. Somewhere in this forum, Alan Contreras mentioned that ODA pays attention to licensing boards where appropriate.

This raises an interesting point, though. Oregon requires Bar applicants to hold ABA accredited J.D. degrees UNLESS the applicant is admitted to the Bar of another state and has actively practiced law for something like five of the last seven years preceeding the application. A non ABA J.D. will suffice under these conditions.

So what happens when a California lawyer with a non ABA J.D. applies or gets admitted to the Oregon Bar?