Re: West Coast School Of Law

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On 1/30/08, Hanshi wrote:
> I started at an ABA school in 1997 and completed three
> semesters before having to drop. I am looking at West
> Coast Schof Law because of the cost. Are there any
> graduates from WCSL on this chatboard?
>
> At my age and with my schedule this appears to be the only
> way I can complete my J.D.

It may be that you will qualify under the DC rule. If you
can get your JD online your ABA credits may satisfy the 26
credit requirement of the DC test exception.

In case you have not followed recent discussions on this
board -- DC will allow an applicant to sit for the bar exam
with 26 ABA credits in "bar tested subjects" (1L classes
appears to be what that means) and any JD degree, whether
ABA or not.

However, ABA credits expire after 5 years for the purpose of
graduation or transfer at any ABA school. It would be up to
DC whether they would accept your old ABA credits in
satisfaction of their 26 credit exception.