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  1. cbkent

    cbkent Member

    British-American University has a new, live website. http://www.british-american.edu/

    The web site lists several features of the BAU program, including video lectures, an optional Cambridge University program offering 3 credits, and the opportunity for live apprenticeship training, including the ability to work on real cases and make court appearances.

    When I was a considering a DL law program, there were no DETC accredited DL JDs. The video lectures are what closed the deal for me. I was pleased with the program, and have a California law license to show for it. At the time, tuition was $2000 per year, with no increases guaranteed throughout the program. A law license for $8K in tuition (and probably another $8K for books, tapes, videos, travel, bar reviews, etc) was one heck of a bargain.

    Curiously, BAU is not on the current Calbar list of registered correspondence law schools. Given that BPPVE no longer has jurisdiction over law schools, and Calbar regulations have yet to be implemented, I wonder what BAU's current status is.
     
  2. Ian Anderson

    Ian Anderson Active Member

    Are you saying BAU is DETC accredited? I can't find them listed on the DETC site.
     
  3. cbkent

    cbkent Member

    No. BAU is NOT DETC accredited. My point was that at the time I was considering DL law schools, none had DETC accreditation. If Taft or Concord had DETC accreditation at the time I was making my chioice of law school, it would have been a very strong factor in their favor.

    Since none were accredited, BAUs video lectures tipped the scale for me, along with the guaranteed tuition (no increase before graduation) that they gave me. To my knowledge, the tuition freeze is longer offered.
     
  4. sshuang

    sshuang New Member

    Hi cbkent,

    I am curious as to what you are doing with the bar license now.
     
  5. cbkent

    cbkent Member

    I graduated from chiropractic college in 1973. After several years of teaching, I entered prvate practice. A stroke in 1987 caused me to specialize in radiology (spine MRI), and start a business with a colleague. Our business is developing and marketing diagnostic equipment for chiropractors, and producing a monthly audio magazine for chiropractors.

    In my spare time, I'm an NGO representative to the UN (former chair of the NGO Health Committee), and am very active in chiropractic politics.

    My law training has been invaluable in all of these roles, even though I may never "hang a shingle" and practice. But I admit that there is a part of me that wants very badly to try a case....
     

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