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Re: DC Bar, Novus & Breyer State University Law School
Posted by Silly Willy on 4/09/08

    I believe that Novus operates by assigning its students to
    apprenticeship positions with licensed attorneys. Students use
    Novus to receive some academic knowledge, but aquire their bar
    eligibility by working under the supervision of an attorney.

    Seems to be a very strange arrangement. I can't imagine myself
    paying Novus for something I could do on my own, but maybe it works
    for some.

    On 4/08/08, Travis wrote:
    > 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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