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Re: Long Distance Legal Researcher
Posted by Jonathan Levy on 8/29/06

    As a graduate of Taft Law School and a licensed California and DC
    attorney I worry that placing control over distance learning law schools
    with mainly ABA graduate attorneys will be the end of this option.

    Why would a non bar JD devalue the degree anymore than a distance
    learning MA or BA does? If the JD holder does not sit for the bar they
    are not an attorney.

    The ABA has a strangle hold on the legal profession that should be
    broken. California is the last hold out.


    On 8/01/06, ABA graduate wrote:
    > 1) California legislation is working on
    > passing a law, Senate Bill 1568 to take
    > control away from the BPPVE (a useless
    > state agency) and give control for ALL
    > unaccredited law schools to the State Bar.
    >
    > Even is such law is not passed,the State Bar
    > by virtue of its adminstrative function for
    > the California Supreme Court has been given
    > authority by statute to regulation bar admission
    > and law schools so they can change the rules
    > without new legislation.
    >
    > 2)The State Bar wants to toughen up the
    > rules for operating unaccredited law schools
    > and correspondence law schools, and as a result
    > many correspondence law schools wont be able to
    > comply with the new operational rules and will have
    > to close.
    >
    > 3) The State Bar is not happy with the BPPVE's
    > granting of approval to unaccredited and law schools
    > to award the useless non-bar J.D. degree which doesnt
    > require passage of the Baby Bar before continuing onto
    > to the remaining law study and the J.D. degree.
    >
    > The State Bar wants too and will ELIMINATE the non-bar
    > J.D. degree as it is useless, doesnt serve the purpose
    > of a professional degree and devalues the J.D. degree
    > of those that earned a Bar Qualifying J.D. degree.
    >
    > I SUPPORT THE CLOSING OF 75&37; OF CORRESPONDENCE LAW
    > SCHOOLS AND I SUPPORT THE ELIMINATION OF THE NON-BAR
    > J.D. DEGREE!
    >
    > On 8/01/06, JD wannabe wrote:
    >> Why do you say they are subject to change "very soon"? Where do you
    >> get this information from? Thanks for your help.
    >>
    >>
    >> On 7/07/06, Yes I am a Real Lawyer wrote:
    >>> I am aware of that, I am aware of every single aspect
    >>> of the California Bar Admissions rule which by the
    >>> way are subject to change very soon.
    >>>
    >>> I dont know what the heck that has to do with
    >>> my dislike with non-bar J.D. degrees or 1 man
    >>> operation law schools,both of which the State
    >>> Bar is working on eliminating!

     
     

 
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