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#Accredited Online Law School and Law Degrees

Accredited by The Higher Learning Commission

Kaplan University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (HLC).* The formal merger of Concord Law School into Kaplan University in the fall of 2007 made Concord the first online law school to be part of a regionally accredited institution of higher education.

*HLC, Tel. 312.263.0456 Website: www.ncahlc.org

(Formerly the Distance Education and Training Council‒DETC)

1601 18th Street NW, Suite 2

Washington, DC 20009

State Bar of California Registration

Concord is registered as a Distance Learning Law School in the unaccredited category with the Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California. Concord's method of delivering instruction—via the Internet without a fixed classroom facility—places it in the Distance Learning Law School category under the State Bar rules. While the State Bar of California and the American Bar Association (ABA) do not accredit distance learning schools, the Committee registers schools in this category. Concord Law School is registered as such. Its Juris Doctor (JD) program is designed to meet the legal education requirements of the Committee and JD graduates, who meet the regulatory requirements, are eligible to apply for admission to the State Bar of California.

Concord operates under the rules and guidelines established by the Committee. Those rules and guidelines require certain disclosures to prospective students and students, which Concord supports. Study at, or graduation from, Concord may not qualify a student to take the bar examination or satisfy the requirements for admission to practice law in jurisdictions other than California. A student seeking admission to practice law in a jurisdiction other than California should contact the admitting authority in that jurisdiction for information regarding the legal education requirement for admission to the practice of law.

Bar Admission

Concord is proud of the legal education program that it pioneered and continues to develop. Our program is distinctive because of the ways in which it employs multiple methods of delivering course material to students, because of our proactive approach in dealing with students enrolled in the program, and because the program is delivered completely in a distance learning environment.

A person who earns a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from Concord Law School and meets the other regulatory requirements, including passing the First Year Law Students’ Exam, is eligible to sit for the California Bar Examination. If that person passes the exam and meets the State Bar of California’s other admissions requirements, he or she can be admitted to practice law in California.

Concord does not have formal recognition or approval in any state other than California. Bar admission is a state-by-state matter. Admission to the State Bar of California may provide a basis for an application to sit for the bar exam in other states—either immediately after admission or after a specified period of active law practice. Concord, however, cannot give any formal advice or assurance regarding the requirements for admission to the practice of law outside of California. Persons interested in such information should contact the bar admission officials in the particular state. The National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) www.ncbex.org website includes links to state sites, contact information, and other bar admission information.

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