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

    Hi ForrestGump,

    So which part of the paper did he admit he was wrong?

    On 1/25/08, ForrestGump wrote:
    > 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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