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Re: Distance JD - Then "NOT" Taking the Bar
Posted by Curmudgeon on 9/06/08
The next time you feel the need for so much self gratification, please just grab a
couple of tissues and go to the bathroom. We don't need the public display.
On 9/06/08, Don't Want Bar Exam wrote:
> I just want to learn law in my DL eJD program and later become the best darn top
> notch registered California Legal Document Assistant/Mediator/Notary Public. I'll
> let the smart students become lawyers and do all the hard work, they can have all
> the fame and glory. I just want to sell legal documents like divorces, wills,
> LLCs, name changes, power of attorney and small claims documents, . I want to be
> just like LegalZoom. But smaller and I don't need to be a multi-billion dollar
> business, I'll settle for 2 or 3 million, I mean why be greedy.
>
>
> On 9/06/08, Crown Prince wrote:
>> I agree. Believe me, I tried to find loopholes to make it faster myself. There
>> are none. If you seriously think you can take the bar in any jurisdiction by
>> taking a non-bar track DL JD program, you also probably think Barack Obama
>> would make a good president.
>>
>> Do your research, contact your respective state bar(s), and post information if
>> it is relevant.
>>
>> I, unlike some of the other posters, don't mind the questions, as it allows us
>> to quash them and set people straight. Besides, they are always useful for a
>> good laugh...
>>
>> Crown Prince
>>
>>
>> On 9/06/08, I got ABA degree wrote:
>>> YOU should spent less time trying to get around
>>> the ABA admission rules outside of California.
>>>
>>> If you dont want to practice in California just
>>> get ABA J.D. degree. simple.......why post on
>>> and on about it.
>>>
>>> On 9/06/08, Carrington wrote:
>>>> Any way to delete posts? The number of asses responding with no useful
>>>> information is a bit tiresome since I'm getting emailed responses. Look,
>>>> seriously, the question has been answered and those of you who have
>>> nothing
>>>> better to do than to flame on an open message board, please choose a new
>>>> thread. Or, perhaps get a hobby or for your fancy lawyers, find a client
>>> to
>>>> bill while you actually do some work.
>>>>
>>>> On 9/06/08, already got my ABA degree wrote:
>>>>> Lawyer, wannabe......you do the work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Pick one of the 50 states you wanna practice law in.
>>>>>
>>>>> Go to the state bar website and READ the rules.
>>>>>
>>>>> If they dont accept non ABA J.D. degree then pick another state
>>>>> or apply to an ABA law school.
>>>>>
>>>>> Geez........so simple yet so hard to do, lol
>>>>>
>>>>> On 9/06/08, -- wrote:
>>>>>> On 9/05/08, Your State Bar and only your State Bar has the rules
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A few states have LIMITED exceptions. A handful of states
>>>>>>> will accept non ABA J.D. and just a couple, I can count on
>>>>>>> one hand will even accept non ABA correspondence J.D. degree.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Unfortunately you don't cite which states accept non-ABA
>>>>> correspondence
>>>>>> JD degrees. CA is one -- as far as I know the only one for a first
>>>>>> time bar exam applicant. Give us the benefit of your superior
>>>>>> knowledge and list the few other states. Frankly -- I think you are
>>>>>> incorrect. Not ONE other state will accept non-ABA distance learning
>>>>>> JD to sit for the bar the first time.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> If you cant (sic) read and understand any particular state's
>>>>>>> rules for bar admission then your reading level will not
>>>>>>> be sufficient to graduate from law school, let alone pass
>>>>>>> any state bar exam.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey Webster, as long as you bad rap other posters' reading and writing
>>>>>> skills, I guess I should point out that there's an apostrophe in
>>>>>> can't. Also California is capitalized -- I won't go on but your
>>>>>> writing skills are not nearly as perfect as your criticism of others.
>>>>>> You shouldn't hold other people to a higher standard than you hold
>>>>>> yourself. How do you spell hypocrite?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Even out of the "thousands" that attend california unaccredited
>>>>>>> law schools only a few dozen pass the bar exam each time the
>>>>>>> exam is held. Every year thousands of law students attend California
>>>>>>> unaccredited law schools, there are dozens and dozens of them in
>>>>>>> California and only a handful pass the exam.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Actually, CA has a lot of non-ABA graduates who practice. My cousin
>>>>> is
>>>>>> a judge in Fresno CA. She graduated from San Joaquin College of Law
>>>>>> (non-ABA). Over 25 percent of practicing lawyers in Central CA are
>>>>> non-
>>>>>> ABA graduates. Well like you said:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Who in their right mind would
>>>>>> come here to this site and rely
>>>>>> on someone's story or hearsay
>>>>>> information about bar admission
>>>>>> in a particular state? lol"
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well fellow, you certainly proved your point.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> PS:
>>>>>> For what it's worth, I graduated from a top tier ABA school last
>>>>>> semester and clerk for our state's appellate court. I think ABA is
>>>>> the
>>>>>> best way to go but not the only way -- at least in CA.
>>>>
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