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

    Hi Karole.
    I am a student at Novus. Here is student services phone number:
    1-818-392-8260/ Fax Number:1-818-743-7888
    email: student@nulaw.org


    On 4/19/08, Karole wrote:
    > On 4/19/08,
    > I attended Novus in 2004. I am trying to contact the university to
    > obtain transcripts. Do anybody and a working telephone number? Please
    > advise.
    >
    > Thanks!
    >
    >
    >
    > 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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