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Re: DC Bar, Novus & Breyer State University Law School
Posted by Travis on 4/08/08

    Well, I just found out that Novus University Law School is NOT
    accepted by the State Bar of Admissions for the State of California.

    On 2/24/08, -- wrote:
    > 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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