Re: It's Not Only Oregon

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As you can read from prior posts, many students plan to use
the degree for purposes other than practicing law. Prior posts
also indicate many of these individuals are outside of
California.

In the big picture, the difference in cost is small. Let's
assume that you pay $40,000 at Concord vs. say $12,000 at
another school. The difference is $28,000. If your billing
rate as an attorney is $400 (less than average in California)
it means for only 70 hours of billable time you can have an
accredited degree.

If you can go to an ABA school, go for it. But DETC is the
next best option.

Larry

On 9/09/09, Jay wrote:
> And your point is???
>
> ALL California distance learning JDs are really intended
> only to prepare the student for the practice of law in and
> ONLY in California. There MAY be the possibility of using
> it for other purposes in other locations, but why one would
> be crazy about DETC based upon these possibilities is kind
> of silly.
>
> If you are wanting to pay many times the amount necessary in
> order to study law with a DETC school, by all means, go for
> it. The circumstances where is it really going to mean
> anything are EXTREMELY rare though.
>
> If you are SOLELY interested in working outside California,
> go get an ABA JD.
>
>
> On 9/09/09, Larry wrote:
>> It's Not Only Oregon Where Unaccredited Degrees Are Illegal
>>
>> From the Oregon website:
>> Is Oregon the only state that disallows use of most
>> unaccredited degrees?
>>
>> No. It is also illegal or restricted in North Dakota,
>> South Dakota, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, Texas,
>> Nevada, Washington, Virginia and Maine to use unaccredited
>> degrees. It is illegal in Indiana to use an unaccredited
>> doctorate and Michigan law limits the legal options of
>> users.