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State Bar Admissions & Alternatives
Every student who graduates from the California School of Law will receive a Juris Doctorate, opening up a world of employment opportunities, as an attorney, law professor, business person, or wherever you imagine your career is taking you.
Graduates are eligible to sit for the California State Bar Exam.
With a little investigation students will find that some other states:
- will allow our graduates to sit for the bar exam after graduation
- will allow our graduates to sit for the bar exam after passing the california bar
- will allow our graduates to sit for the bar exam only after first gaining experience as an attorney
- will NOT allow our graduates to sit for the bar exam
You can contact your state bar to find out if a California Distance Learning law school satisfies the educational requirements.
You can find a directory of state bars at ABANet
If you want to practice law in a state that currently will not allow our graduates to sit for the bar exam, there are some options.
Federal Agencies and Courts
If you pass the California State Bar and find employment with the Federal Government or Courts, you can work in any state. Graduates can work for agencies like; The Justice Department, Social Security, IRS, EEOC or federal courts.
State Agencies
If you pass the California State Bar, in some states an exception for state government employees has been made for agencies such as the city attorney or public defenders.
In House Counsel
If you pass the California State Bar and find employment as In House Counsel with a corporation, some states will allow you to work as an attorney for the company.
California Committee of Bar Examiners
California School of Law is registered with The Committee of Bar Examiners of the State Bar of California as a Distance-Learning Law School. Graduates will be permitted to apply for admission to and sit for the California State Bar Exam.
Guideline 2.3(D) of the Guidelines for Unaccredited Law School Rules requires that the following Statement be made:
The method of instruction at this law school for the Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree program is principally by technological means including interactive classes.
Students enrolled in the J.D. degree program at this law school who successfully complete the first year of law study must take and pass the First-Year Law Students’ Examination required by Business and Professions Code § 6060(h) and Rule VIII of the Rules Regulating Admission to Practice Law in California as part of the requirements to qualify to take the California Bar Examination. A student who passes the First-Year Law Students’ Examination within three (3) administrations of the examination after first becoming eligible to take it will receive credit for all legal studies completed to the time the examination is passed. A student who does not pass the examination within three (3) administrations of the examination after first becoming eligible to take it, must be promptly disqualified from the law school’s J.D. degree program. If the dismissed student subsequently passes the examination, the student is eligible for re-enrollment in this law school’s J.D. degree program, but will receive credit for only one year of legal study.
Study at, or graduation from, this law school may not qualify a student to take the bar examination or to satisfy the requirements for admission to practice in jurisdictions other than California. A student intending to seek admission to practice law in a jurisdiction other than California should contact the admitting authority in that jurisdiction for information regarding the legal education requirements in that jurisdiction for admission to the practice of law.
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