State Bar & Bar Associations
Sep. 30, 2019
The ABA could learn from California about online legal education
The State Bar of California recently amended its rules to allow distance learning law schools to apply for state accreditation for the first time ever. This a potentially monumental shift in legal education, spearheaded by the most populous state in the nation. The American Bar Association, the national accrediting body for law schools, would do well to take note and follow suit.
Martin H. Pritikin
Miller Barondess LLPEmail: mpritikin@millerbarondess.com
Harvard Univ Law School; Cambridge MA
The State Bar of California recently amended its rules to allow distance learning law schools to apply for state accreditation for the first time ever. This a potentially monumental shift in legal education, spearheaded by the most populous state in the nation. The American Bar Association, the national accrediting body for law schools, would do well to take note and follow suit.
First, some background. California is one of the few s...
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