with Peter MacArthur
Concord Law School
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 Peter MacArthur
The fact that colleges and universities are online is old news. Now, at least one law school is taking the plunge.
Concord Law School...not a household name, in fact, you've probably never heard of it before. It's an online law school that offers law degrees that can lead to admission in the bar in California but it lets anyone, anywhere earn a law degree you can put to use in any number of ways.
Dean Barry Currier: "There are many things that you can do with that credential and that licensure in Delaware, but at this point you can't be licensed to practice law in Delaware because again of some of these restrictions on bar taking opportunities."
"Like Widener Law School there in Delaware and other law schools in your region, we have a general curriculum, almost all law schools have what you would call a national curriculum now, so there wouldn't really be any difference in the basic courses you would get at Concord from what you would get at Widener or any other law school."
Currier says while you don't waste time dealing with city traffic or filled parking lots, there is a time commitment at Concord.
"Most of our students report about 25 hours a week on average of time committed to their studies including going to class, reading, going to study groups, etc.
Currier says tuition at Concord is 9 thousand dollars a year...about a third the cost of a traditional law school.
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