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Re: California School of Law
Posted by steve on 7/09/08

    Hi John,

    I am a CPA and also graduated from UC Berkeley.
    I am thinking about pursuing eJD with Taft and specializing in tax
    law.
    Are you pursuing bar or non-bar track?

    On 7/09/08, John wrote:
    > Hi Karen,
    >
    > If you are talking about the California School of Law, I am a
    > student there, finishing up my first year. It is an online law
    > school but is conducted not as a correspondence program but is
    > live interactive with a law professor via VoIP (using a headset
    > with microphone) in a regular classroom setting. The school
    > employs the socratic method where you are called on by the
    > professor to brief and analyze cases and discuss the law. If
    you
    > are not going to an ABA school, this is the best alternative.
    > Check out the school for yourself, I highly recommend the
    > program. I am a UC Berkeley grad and was going to apply to ABA
    > schools, but since I am already getting my CPA license and my
    > field is accounting, I do not see myself in a law firm and
    > decided to pursue a less costly alternative, but with virtually
    > the same process (i.e. needing to be in a classroom setting with
    > a live professor using the socratic method). Otherwise, I would
    > go ABA and pay the money and go full time. The school has solid
    > ABA grad professors who actually do a good job at grilling and
    > making sure you are on track for understanding and arguing the
    > law as well as preparing you for the Cal. bar exam.
    >
    > John
    >
    > www.californiaschooloflaw.com
    >
    >
    >
    > On 4/23/08, Karen Johnson wrote:
    >> Did you all hear about the new california law school
    >> that has just started up?
    >>
    >> On 4/23/08, Robert wrote:
    >>> that was not posted by me.
    >>>
    >>> dont you correspondence wannabe lawyers
    >>> have anything else to do?
    >>>
    >>> On 4/23/08, -- wrote:
    >>>> Well, are we all having fun? Just thought I would cut and
    >>>> paste the mission statement of this forum.
    >>>>
    >>>> "These chatboards were developed specifically for law
    >>>> students. Law students are encouraged to freely explore
    >>>> cases and theories comprising American jurisprudence, and
    >>>> network with fellow law students across the country.
    >>>> Attorneys are invited to participate in a mentor capacity."

     
     

 
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