Re: Northwestern California University School of Law

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Your point is well taken. (Actually Taft has been around since 1976 but they
didn't start their law school until 1984 or 85.)

But DETC and the Federal Dept of Education require strict financial reporting
for Concord and Taff.

On 9/02/09, 27 year record wrote:
> There is no guarantee, even for Taft, ALU or Concord
> which all have the SAME 5 YEAR APPROVAL.
>
> Except that NWCU has been around longer then the above schools,
> for a total of 27 years.
>
> On 9/01/09, Thom wrote:
>> But can they survive in future years? I went to their website and they
>> tought the 5 year Cal Bar registration. Even the terrible University of
>> Honolulu located in MODESTO, California received the same 5 years. So how
>> big a deal can this be?
>>
>> Thom
>>
>> On 9/01/09, School is a good choice wrote:
>>> NWCU has a large number of practicing attorneys over the years, the price
>>> is right, its been around 27 years, dont see any problems.
>>>
>>> Concord and Taft are good schools but way too expensive and DETC
>>> brings no value to your degree when you are an attorney at law.
>>>
>>> On 9/01/09, Mike wrote:
>>>> I think that the only distance law school that had been around longer
>>>> was Newport University which dropped its law school programs a couple
>>>> of months ago.
>>>>
>>>> On 8/31/09, NWCU 27 years is a long time for correspondence in Calif
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> The school has consistently been approved to operate as
>>>>> a law school since 1982, 27 year years, which is a long
>>>>> time for a Cal Bar registered school. I believe it is
>>>>> the longest continously operating correspondence law
>>>>> school approved by the Cal Bar.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 8/31/09, Judy wrote:
>>>>>> If you go to their website, the school's most recent newsletter is
>>>>>> dated Spring 2002. I've been told that the school is owned by an
>>>>>> attorney who sometimes pays attention to the school but at other
>>>>>> times is tied up in cases.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Judy
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 8/31/09, Judy wrote:
>>>>>>> I have no inside information on the school's finances. But
>>>>>>> posts in other forums raised the questions. Losing the non-bar
>>>>>>> had to hurt.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Bar pass rates are available on the bar's website.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Good luck,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Judy
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 8/31/09, Friend wrote:
>>>>>>>> It was my understanding that the "non-bar" degrees were done
>>>>>>>> away with a couple of years ago. My understanding is that
>>>>>>>> this school is in pretty good financial shape. Do you have
>>>>>>>> any reason to believe that it may go out of business in the
>>>>>>>> near future? More importantly, how is the academic program?
>>>>>>>> Is it likely to prepare me for the bar? Thanks in advance.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 8/29/09, Judy wrote:
>>>>>>>>> It might not be a bad option IF they can stay in business
>>>>>>>>> for four year. The bar has already made them discontinue
>>>>>>>>> their non-bar program which was a big cash cow for them.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 8/29/09, Friend wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Can anyone tell me about this school? I am interested in
>>>>>>>>>> studying law by correspondence. Is this a good option?