Re: SEMINARS TO ROUND OUT DL LAW EDUCATION

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Baby bar or first year law students bar is NOT limited
to distance law schools. It is required of ALL unacccredited
law schools.

Second, your idea does not translate to millions of dollars
of money to calif economy.

On 2/16/09, Indiro wrote:
> Don't know, but that has not stopped the CA State Bar form imposing the Baby Bar requirement on DL lsw students.
> So it would make sense and its reasonable that to greater insure the quality of legal education by the State Bar
> that some form of concurrent to DL law school CLE seminars could be implemented to aid and compliment DL
education
> for DL law students. The CA State Bar could certify some "Providers" of these special educational seminars that
> would insure and maximize the quality of education for DL students. These could be considered a kindof "pre-CLE"
> requirements imposed on DL law students prior to sitting for the General Bar exam. Setting up a system like this
> would create a whole new law support education industry in CA and would bring hundreds of thousands of dollars to
> the CBE and millions of dollars to the CA economy annually.
>
>
> On 2/16/09, Argo wrote:
>> Seminars to "insure greater protections to the public in CA?" This assumes that the public needs "grater
>> protections" from DL educated attorneys.
>>
>> Are there ANY statistics (not "second hand accounts" - FACTS) to show that attorneys who graduated from DL law
>> schools are involved in more misconduct or malpractice than attorneys educated via the other educational
>> options available to persons to become attorneys in CA?
>>
>
>> .On 2/15/09, JJ wrote:
>>> California State Bar should implement a program where DL law students are required to take classes or
>> seminars
>>> as "special students" at ABA or CA accredited fixed facility law schools. The purpose of this program and it'
>>> "approved provider" seminars would be to "round out" the quality of education of DL law students and
>>> eventually lawyers in CA.
>>> Such a program would insure greater protections to the public in CA. These seminars could be also available
>> to
>>> all students in California or members of the public, these seminars and program would generate millions of
>>> dollars for California's ailing economy.
>>>
>>> On 2/14/09, RC wrote:
>>>> West Coast may still legally operate as a school that teaches a law subjects curriculum "substantially
>>>> similar" to a law school program in California.
>>>>
>>>> WCSL cannot award the JD, EJD, LLM, MSL or other "professional" law degrees that the bar list as
>>>> professional degrees. WCSL can offer a law program leading to the award of an undergraduate law degrees. It
>>>> possible that WCSL could offer a BSL combo honoris causa Juris Doctor degree. The honoris causa degree is
>>>> not a professional law degree, it is an honorary degree bestowed upon person who have distinguished
>> themselves.