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Re: DC Bar, Novus & Breyer State University Law School
Posted by -- on 2/24/08

    On 2/24/08, Phil wrote:
    > On 2/24/08 Phil wrote:
    >
    > Does anyone know if graduates of Novus Law School or Breyer
    > State Law School would be eligible to sit for the DC, CA or
    > any other bar exam? Does having a JD degree from these law
    > schools better prepare students for any particular type of
    > legal work?


    You need to contact the California Bar Association (CBA) to
    verify which online law schools currently offer JD degree
    programs that will allow you to sit for the CA bar. You can
    also ask the school involved but you may get an evasive or
    misleading answer. The CBA is the final authority on which
    schools are acceptable.

    As for DC -- there has been a lot of speculation about
    qualifying for the DC bar exam with a combination of online and
    ABA classroom credits from either a JD, ABA school or at an
    online LL.M, ABA school. It is not likely that you would
    qualify for the DC bar with any online degree unless you have a
    full first year program of at least 26 credits earned at an ABA
    law school. (There are no ABA online schools that offer JD level
    credit -- although some ABA schools may offer one or two classes
    online to students that have been accepted to their regular ABA
    classroom program)

    As for other states than CA -- none will accept a non-ABA degree
    for an original application to sit for the bar. However, after
    3-5 years of active licensed practice as a CA lawyer, many
    states will allow you to sit for their bar based on your
    licensed experience in CA without having obtained an ABA JD
    degree.

     
     

 
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