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REGISTERED UNACCREDITED DISTANCE-LEARNING LAW SCHOOLS IN CALIFORNIA
The following institutions are currently registered by the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California (Committee) as unaccredited distance-learning law schools. A distance-learning law school is a law school that conducts instruction and provides interactive classes principally by technological means. A distance-learning law school must require at least 864 hours of preparation and study per year for four years. This list is published for informational purposes only. Please refer to the Title 4, Division 3 of the Rules of the State Bar of California (Unaccredited Law School Rules) for the requirements for registration as an unaccredited distance-learning law school. Neither the Committee nor the State Bar’s Office of Admissions will advise prospective students on the advantages or disadvantages of studying law through a distance-learning law school or the quality of the legal education programs provided by the listed schools. Prospective students should refer to available resources such as the law school pass/fail statistics on the bar examination and FirstYear Law Students’ Examination (available on the Admissions portion of The State Bar of California’s Web site at www.calbar.ca.gov/admissions), current and former students, pre-legal advisers located on college or university campuses, and other career counselors, among others. Applicants seeking admission to practice law in California will receive credit for their law study at a registered unaccredited distance-learning law school only if such study is completed in accordance with the Title 4, Division 1 of the Rules of the State Bar of California (Admissions Rules). Students attending registered unaccredited distance-learning law schools are required to take the First-Year Law Students’ Examination and must pass it within three administrations after first becoming eligible to take the examination, which is upon completion of the first year of law study, in order to receive credit for law study undertaken up to the point of passage. If the examination is passed on a subsequent attempt, only one year of law study credit will be given toward meeting the legal education requirements needed to qualify to take the California Bar Examination.
Abraham Lincoln University School of Law 1730 W. Olympic Blvd, Suite 400 Los Angeles, CA 90015 (866) 558-0999 www.alu.edu American Heritage University School of Law and Public Policy 255 North D Street, Suite 401 San Bernadino, CA 92401-1715 (909) 884-9002 www.amheritageuniv.net Aristotle University Institute of Law and Jurisprudence 27349 Jefferson Ave, Suite 210 Temecula, CA 92590 (951) 894-6007 www.aristotlelaw.com
California School of Law 5276 Hollister Ave, #262 Santa Barbara, CA 93111 (805) 683-5337 and (866) 970-4529 www.californiaschooloflaw.com Concord Law School of Kaplan University 10866 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1200 Los Angeles, CA 90024 (310) 689-3200 www.concordlawschool.edu
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