Re: Harvard of Online Law Schools is Concord Law School

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Taft Law School doesn't have the sizzle of Concord but it is
accredited by DETC, has an overall higher pass rate, and costs about a
third less. This is no knock against Concord but there are other
alternatives.

And as far as image, any ABA school would be better than either.

On 1/26/09, Concord is Number 1 wrote:
> Concord Law School has the reputation of being the *Harvard Law
> School* of the online distance learning law schools. As we all know
> Harvard is not cheap and the benefit of Concord's Harvardinian
> reputation does not come cheap either, but it will be the deciding
> factor in getting that great job or important promotion. Concord has
> been DETC approved and accredited for more than 10 years.
> Concord Law and its students are recognized now for excellence in
> legal education on both the east and the west coast. Recently the
> Massachusetts Supreme Court noted the high quality of a Concord Law
> School student and will allow him to sit for the Massachusetts bar
> exam, this is unprecedented in Massachusetts. DL education is
> catching on thanks to the excellence of Concord Law school. If your
> going to pay top dollar for online education go to Concord Law, the
> Havard of DL law schools. Avoid the other expensive lower quality
> online unaccredited DL law schools. These try to over sell
> themselves with their marketing miracle websites.
>
>
> On 1/26/09, Iggy Rip wrote:
>>
>> I agree. Concord is a good school and has had consistent bar
>> passage rates; however, Oakbrook usually has better bar passage
>> rates, a good teaching staff, and reasonably cheap tuition ($3,500
>> a year). Their religious stance separates them from the rest, but
>> you cannot argue with their performance. How is it that they can
>> compete with Concord for about a third of the price? Concord is a
>> good school, but I would not pay the amount of tution they are
>> charging. It's just too much for a non ABA or CA Bar approved
>> degree. They are many Cal Bar approved schools that are less
>> expensive. When all it said and done, you are still left with an
>> unaccredited degree.