Re: West Coast & DL Law Schools Should Change Focus

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All I'm saying is that even within the CA State Bar rules an
unregistered law school can exist. The rules clearly state the the bar
will not regulate "undergraduate legal degrees or paralegal programs".

A DL Law school registers with the CA Bar to be able to have their
students eligible to take the baby bar. If the school has no interest
in that, or awarding any of the professional degrees listed in the CA
State bar rules then the CA State bar is not its regulating authority.

WCSL or any other correspondence law school may be able to provide law
training to students that does not lead to a juris doctor degree or
other professional degree.
There a many unregistered and unacreditted schools, institutes,
graduate schools, career training colleges in CA already teaching law
subject classes. The CA State bar does not interfere with them.

Further the notice sent to WCSL by the State bar dated feb 3, 2009
tell it that its registered status is terminated but does not instruct
WCSL to cease its instruction of students. And as you can see WCSL has
already started an undergraduate legal degree program "substantially
similar" to the course of study of their former Juris Doctor program.
WCSL can teach law classes but these cant lead to professional law
degree that is listed in the State Bar rules.

On 2/10/09, -- wrote:
> On 2/10/09, Evolve & Adapt wrote:
>> Sorry Big Lawboy,
>>
>> What I have written is not rubbish as you wish. No where in the
>> rules of CA State Bar does it say that an un-registered
>> unaccredited law school cannot call it self a Law School, Law
>> Institute, Law Graduate School, Law College or a University Law
>> department or program.
>>
>> The purpose of the State bar and its rules is based on the
> premise
>> that only "registered law schools" can award "professional law
>> degrees", hey smarty read the rules. See rule 4.201, A-C.
>>
>> "The Committee of Bar Examiners (“the Committee”) is authorized
> by
>> law to register, oversee, and regulate unaccredited law schools
> in
>> California." Rule 4.201
>>
>> CA State Bar rules apply to the "registered unaccredited law
>> schools" that it covers in rule 4.201, the schools it oversees,
>> regulates and registers. Registration is the key.....
>>
>> Any California institute, college, university, career training
>> school can teach law courses. A CA educational institution can
>> offer law courses and offer law or legal subject matter
> training.
>> Only thing is that it's students are not able to sit for the CA
>> baby bar or bar exam.
>>
>> This leaves that door open to WCSL offering its undergraduate
>> legal degree as well as any law training courses it may want to
>> offer. These unregistered law schools can issued certificates or
>> diplomas in law subjects training programs.
>>
>> Really Big Lawboy, you have to read, its important.
>
> Yeah sure Mr. Dean:
>
> There is nothing that says you can't open up a $29.95 law school
> program that has as its only requirement that you send $29.95 for
> a diploma. The diploma will be worth less than the blank paper it
> is printed on. Schools unacceptable to the CA bar are absolutely
> worthless. For goodness sake, the rest of the country thumbs its
> nose at these so called CA baby bar law schools. If a law school
> can't even qualify to be a baby bar school, you will get more
> respect pushing a shopping cart full of plastic bags than waiving
> a degree from a school that can't even be a baby bar school.
>
> Stop preaching about your loser school diploma mill.