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Re: California School of Law
Posted by John on 7/10/08

    Hi Mary,

    Getting back to you on the risky investment that you describe below..
    the schools' enrollment over the past year has skyrocketed due to the
    nature of the curriculum. Enrollment rates are way past any
    California correspondence school. I do not forsee the school
    closing, infact just the opposite. I have been there a year now, and
    every semester the number of students entering is increasing..
    dramatically. Call the dean and find out yourself. This school is
    not going away. The first students that enrolled took the baby bar
    this past June. I take the baby bar in Oct. You can go to another
    school if you wish, but dont do it solely based upon economic
    concerns for this school. Do your homework and then decide based
    upon your needs and what you are looking for in a non-ABA school. I
    checked every school out thoroughly before in enrolled here. I
    cannot be more pleased with my choice. And I absolutely am not
    concerned about this school every closing.

    John


    On 7/10/08, Mary Ann wrote:
    > John:
    >
    > In the interests of full disclosure you might have pointed out
    > that California School of Law has never had anyone even take the
    > baby bar or regular bar exams much less pass. It's too new.
    >
    > This might turn out to be a good school but it's unproven at this
    > time. In the past few years, at least three new schools went out
    > of business within the first two years of operations.
    >
    > In other words, it's a risky investment at this time.
    >
    > Mary Ann
    >
    > 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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