Re: Concord is NOT a Harvard of any kind

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I think that is great to get an ABA degre but for those of us who can not move,
leave our jobs or make major changes while living in a rural area a non ABA degree
is our only option, it does not make us incompetant or any less than others.

On 1/28/09, Concord is NOT the best wrote:
> ABA graduate here, some DL schools are
> ok, but alot are junk.
>
> On 1/28/09, -- wrote:
>> On 1/28/09, Iggy rip wrote:
>>> Actually, Taft is about $2,000+ cheaper. I believe they are charging $7,000 a
>>> year which is a lot. Still, it's cheaper than Concord. Taft has also been in
>>> existence for over 20 years and will probably be around for a while. Concord
>>> has it's place, and for those people who want to spend almost $40,000 on an
>>> online law degree, go for it. I believe they have a great program, but it's
>>> just too expensive. For me, it comes down to quality and value. Concord has
>>> the quality but not the value. If they obtain Cal Bar approval, then, they we
>>> are talking about a new ballgame.
>>
>> WOW! My state university law school (top tier) charges $13,000 per year tuition
>> and you graduate in 3 years with an ABA degree. Now 3 x 13,000 = $39,000 or 4 x
>> $7,000 = $28,000 I don't know about you but for $11,000 difference I'll go ABA
>> (actually I did and graduated last year). Plus you can borrow every dime of
>> tuition and living expenses for a low rate (just over 5&37; APR) from SallieMae
> and
>> not be charged any interest until you graduate.
>>
>> There is no financial advantage to online schools. You graduate a year earlier
>> from an ABA school which will more than make up for any difference in cost by
>> giving you an extra year of work as an attorney.
>>
>> DL is foolish if not totally incompetent.