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Re: DC Bar, Novus & Breyer State University Law School
Posted by Karole on 4/19/08

    On 4/09/08, Silly Willy wrote:
    > 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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