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Options For Those Wishing To Study At Online Law Schools

Online Law Schools

 

There are actually quite a few online law schools out there for those who wish to get their law degree through online study. However, none of these law schools is accredited by the American Bar Association. This is important to know since all states except California require you to graduate from an ABA accredited school in order to get a license to practice law there. If you would be willing to practice law in CA for five to seven years most states will allow you to take the bar exam in their state after this time has passed.

 

Even California will not let you take the bar exam after going to just any of the online law schools. These schools need to meet certain requirements and register with the California bar. The online law schools that have done this include Abraham Lincoln University School of Law, William Howard Taft University, American Heritage University School of Law, West Haven University, California School of Law, West Coast School of Law, Inc., Concord School of Law, University of Honolulu, Esquire College, Southern California University for Professional Studies, MD Kirk School of Law, Oak Brook College of Law and Government Policy, Newport University, and Northwestern California University.

 

Once you have enrolled in one of the online law schools, you will need to register as a law student with the California Bar Association, then you will need to pass an exam at the end of your first year of studies to prove that you have learned the appropriate information. You will also have to prove you are of good moral character and pass a Multistate Professional Responsibility Exam, and of course pass the Bar Exam.

 

Be aware that although California will let you take the bar exam after attending online law schools and passing the appropriate exams, they don't actually accredit these schools, or judge their quality. All they require is for the online law schools to give 864 hours of study each year and register with them, so you have to look into them and make sure that they will provide you with the quality of education that you need. You should also know that you will not get the top paying law jobs since law firms will know that you did not attend an ABA accredited school. As long as you realize the limitations on your career, you might decide that studying at online law schools will work out best for you.

 

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Elizabeth
Posted 747 days ago
I like the atmosphere of a real classroom and being there better than online. I think taking classes online would work but would be harder for those people who need the discipline and motivation. It's too easy to flake on school if your working at your own pace, although if there was a real time element like using video confrencing technologies (so your really counted as being there or absent) then it may work.
Zuma
Posted 751 days ago
Online schools are the future I think. THe beauty of the internet is that it can do everythign you'd do in a school, even host video seminars LIVE. Millions of people can sit in on a live class and even interact with the teachers and other students. I think the intenret schools will soon become standard and will integrate into the same real time classrooms only as an extension of that classroom, then it won't be so hard to get "accepted" into "harvard" or "Yale" or those other high quality education institution. I think it's a great thing!
Joe
Posted 761 days ago
It seems that online schools are becoming more and more prominent these days, and no wonder with the internet being as used as much as the library, encyclopedia, and all school books combined if not more. In a lot of ways it is like online dating, people at first saw it as strange and unusual, but later realized that the internet is just another way to make a phone call, or to learn, and with it's powerful multimedia and consolidation of all learning concepts imaginable, it just makes sense. The only issue I can see now is weather or not the employers will feel the same way, as although many of the acceptance criteria are the same as any other law school, some have not yet realized the significance of how this brings incredible discipline into play and thus someone getting a degree online would most likely be more prepared than someone going to a college where they barely can get through the classes! Just thought I'd share my point of view, great article, you made me think!