Re: Concord Law School Grad Passes Massachussetts Bar Exam.

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Its true the West Coast non-bar J.D. graduates
are getting promoted to night shift manager
at Burger King !

On 8/23/09, Chu wrote:
> Now now little one, don't be jealous and spiteful. Your true colors are showing,
> learn to be nice and play nice. Your colleagues are watching you.
>
> On 8/22/09, Congratulations wrote:
>> This fantastic news, Concord graduate gets admitted
>> it Calif Bar amd Mass. Bar. Also it was reported
>> that West School of Law graduate was promoted to night
>> shift manager at Burger King !
>>
>> On 8/22/09, Chu wrote:
>>> The National Law Journal is reporting that Ross E. Mitchell, a graduate of
>>> the Concord Law School has passed the Massachusetts bar. I was interested
>> to
>>> see that he has also passed the notoriously difficult California bar exam.
>>> As is reported below, Mitchell sued successfully to be allowed to sit for
>>> the Massachusetts bar exam.
>>>
>>> Yeah, That's the Ticket!: Online Law School Grad Who Sued to Take Bar
>>> Gets His License
>>>
>>> By Sheri Qualters | The National Law Journal
>>>
>>> BOSTON — An online law school graduate who sued the Supreme Judicial
>>> Court of Massachusetts for the opportunity to take that state's bar
>>> examination is now a newly minted Massachusetts lawyer.
>>>
>>> The Boston Herald first reported that Ross E. Mitchell is the first
>>> Massachusetts lawyer with an exclusively online legal education. Mitchell
>>> was sworn in on June 22 and has 90 days to register with the Massachusetts
>>> Board of Bar Overseers, according to the court.
>>>
>>> Mitchell, a Newton, Mass.-based independent computer consultant, said
>> he
>>> views his legal credentials as "another tool in his consulting arsenal."
>>>
>>> "I don't plan to hang out a shingle per se," Mitchell said. "What I see
>>> myself doing is pretty much making myself available to take on interesting
>>> projects you need to be lawyer to do."
>>>
>>> Last November, Mitchell won his case against the state's Board of Bar
>>> Examiners, which denied his bid to bypass a requirement that U.S.-trained
>>> applicants be graduates of an American Bar Association-accredited law
>>> school. Mitchell v. Board of Bar Examiners, No. SJC-10157 (Mass.). The
>> court
>>> allowed Mitchell to sit for the bar because the ABA is mulling changes to
>>> its accreditation standards.
>>>
>>> Last September, the ABA launched a comprehensive review of its
>> standards
>>> for the approval of law schools. Currently, ABA-approved schools can only
>>> allow graduates to take up to 12 credit hours of classes online.
>>>
>>> Mitchell, who was a pro se litigant in his Supreme Judicial Court case,
>>> graduated from Concord Law School. Mitchell has also passed the California
>>> general bar examination and the Multistate Professional Responsibility
>>> Examination, and he was admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of
>>> Appeals for the 1st Circuit.
>>>
>>> In the spring of 2008, Mitchell was also one of four Concord Law
>>> graduates sworn in to the U.S. Supreme Court's bar.
>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>> On 8/22/09, Linda wrote:
>>>> Has Lincoln given up on DETC? A few months ago they were saying "any
>>>> day now" and currently they say nothing. How many times can a school be
>>>> turned down and still be listed by DETC as an applicant?
>>>>
>>>> Linda
>>>>
>>>> On 8/20/09, Anthony wrote:
>>>>> I've got an application into Taft and will make the move if they
>>>>> accept me. I was accepted two years ago but went to another school.
>>>>> But since Taft started offering federal student aid it's not as easy
>>>>> to get in.
>>>>>
>>>>> Anthony
>>>>>
>>>>> On 8/19/09, Tran wrote:
>>>>>> Are you transferring to Taft or Concord? I heard they'll accept one
>>>>>> year of transfer credit from an unaccredited school if you apply
>>>>>> right after passing the Baby Bar. I'm considering making the jump.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8/19/09, Scott wrote:
>>>>>>> I passed on my first try, along with 15 others from Abraham
>>>>>>> Lincoln University. Not sure what the pass rate was but the lady
>>>>>>> on the phone at the Bar told me the numbers were low when I called
>>>>>>> for my results.