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Re: RE: DC Bar and Novus
Posted by ForrestGump on 1/25/08

    Stevie,

    Yeah that's real convincing :-|

    First of all newjurist is a front for former BAU students. The person who
    authored that got his degree (but apparently no license) and was running a
    school up until a few weeks ago that no longer exists.

    He is now "Administrative" Dean of the "Mother School". BAU... That's what he
    was last summer. Translation; last summer, Mr. Agajanian is busy with his own
    practice and lets Mr. Elghusein run the school for him.

    Second I wrote Mr Gomez and he admits he misquoted the law in that article. Here
    is our exchange:
    ------
    Counselor,

    I saw your article on Mr Elghusein's site:

    http://www.newjurist.com/The-D.C-BAR-Option.htm

    I am a recent grad and passed the Feb Cal Bar exam. I'm interested in taking the
    DC bar.

    I can't find it right now, but I was under the impression that the credits you
    needed to meet the requirements of the DC bar had to be from an ABA school, per
    D.C. Bar Rule 46(b)(4)?

    As a DL JD, I was under the impression that you could get an LLM from an ABA
    school and complete the requirements that way, but that the DL credits wouldn't
    help.

    Thanks,

    -------
    Yes, you are correct. However, an LLM from an ABA law school would not help
    because the courses given in most LLM programs are not in subjects tested on the
    MBE. According to Rule 46, you can take the DC Bar after 5 years of practice.

    Hope this helps.

    Thanks,

    Jose Gomez
    ----------
    Well then your paper seems to be a bit misleading?

    D.C. Bar Rule 46(b)(8)(iii) states that an applicant may take the D.C. Bar exam
    if the applicant has successfully completed 26 credits in subjects taken on the
    Multistate Bar Exam (MBE) and has earned a Juris Doctorate ( J.D.) from a non-
    ABA law school. This degree can be a non-bar J.D. degree, such as an Executive
    Juris Doctorate, or a bar J.D. degree from a California correspondence law
    school. In order to have successfully completed a subject taken on the M.B.E.,
    a student should have achieved a grade of at least a C-.

    Jose,

    I was hoping that this was true, but if it's not it's creating a false hope and
    may be misleading marketing on the part of this school if they are misquoting
    you.
    ---------
    Thanks for pointing that out to me. I will make the necessary changes to the
    article.

    Jose Gomez

    On 1/24/08, steve wrote:
    > Hi Crown Prince,
    >
    > http://www.newjurist.com/The-D.C-BAR-Option.htm
    >
    > Check this out.
    > The author holds non-bar J.D. from West Coast and is a DC attorney.
    > I hope this can convince you.

     
     

 
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