Re: West Coast & DL Law Schools Should Change Focus

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I am a lawyer and graduated
from a well respected ABA law school.

No phony blony law schools for me.

My law degree is accredited and real

On 2/11/09, SG wrote:
> Hey Dude or Dudette,
>
> 1st of all, I don't do drugs.
> 2nd my comments are viable ideas that can work.
> 3rd what I have stated is true, educational institutions can teach law
> classes and the CA State Bar only oversees registered law schools.
> 4th while schools that teach law subject classes can't issue the
> professional degrees listed in the State Bar rules, schools can issue
> "undergraduate legal degrees" and certificates in training programs
> "substantially similar" to a law school curriculum.
>
> Dude/Dudette, you want to be a lawyer?, you have to learn to think
outside
> the box!
>
>
> On 2/10/09, WCSL wrote:
>> West Coast is not a law school and
>> can not give out law degrees.
>>
>> Stop doing drugs and face reality.
>>> Then maybe go to a real law school
>>
>> On 2/10/09, Evolve & Adapt for the Future wrote:
>>> 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.