ABA Accredited J.D. in Two Years

I just learned that Southwestern Law School in California has been offering two-years ABA accredited J.D. since 1974. I am curious as to why other law schools haven't followed and offered similar program. It really makes a lot of sense from students’ perspective, i.e., reducing law school by a year.


http://www.swlaw.edu/academics/jd/scale

 

Normal full-time J.D. consists of three years or six semesters of law study. There are 15 weeks in a semester and 52 weeks in a year. Technically, you can fit three semesters into a year, and hence completing the J.D. in two years.

 

http://calbar.ca.gov/calbar/pdfs/admissions/Statistics/JULY2006STATS.pdf

Looks like 64% for the most recent test.

 

Southwestern offers four different programs, and I think Steve was wondering just about the bar passing rates for the SCALE, two-year, program.

 

You can also do this at Cooley. They have a fast track two-year program.

http://www.cooley.edu/

Duff

 

Incredibly brutal schedule!

There's more to learning the law than cramming a few cources down one's throat.

For example, 99% of my training that translated to "real-world" success was accomplished through summer and academic-year clerkships. A concentrated schedule would not allow that sort of learning.

if one need to pass the bar exam, the choice of school or program is not indicative of success. For that, Bar-Bri can get you thru the bar exam if one spends 12 weeks to prepare.