Concord Law School is the first institution to offer a Juris Doctor (JD) degree earned wholly online via state-of-the-art technology. With the latest Internet-adaptive technologies, the Concord program offers excellent course instruction combined with maximum flexibility, specifically designed to fit into today's busy lifestyles. Most people cannot afford the time and resources required to make higher education their only priority. Concord understands this and provides the perfect platform to make higher education an accessible part of everyone's life.

Concord provides a rigorous and comprehensive legal education with a personalized curriculum and study program leading to a Juris Doctor (JD) degree or an Executive JDsm. Instruction is both highly theoretical and highly practical, emphasizing a critical understanding of how law functions in society as well as a practical knowledge of how lawyers function within the legal system.

 

 

Degree Programs To Fit Your Needs
Concord Law School realizes that students often have different goals and different requirements in their quest for a legal education. With this in mind, the Law School offers several programs designed to fit the individual needs of students who seek a legal education.

The Juris Doctor Program
Individuals seeking to practice law and develop the widest range of career opportunities should enroll in the Juris Doctor Program. Beyond the traditional practice of law, licensed attorneys are employed as corporate in-house counsel, risk managers, legislative analysts, technology licensing officers, contract administrators and in a host of other positions.

The Executive JDsm Program
Individuals who desire an education in law - but do not desire to practice law - should enroll in the Executive JDsm program. For example, nurses, paramedics or other health care practitioners may choose Concord's specially designed Health Law Track within the Executive JDsm program to further their careers.

 

 



Objectives

    • Develops the students' abilities, skills, and perspectives in legal fundamentals, professional and practical skills, and critical thinking skills.

    • Develops the skills required to (1) analyze a client's presenting legal dilemma across a wide range of legal disciplines; (2) research applicable case, statutory, and regulatory law; (3) develop an appropriate legal strategy to resolve the problem; (4) fully represent clients; and (5) understand the responsibility to comport themselves at all times with civility towards the court and bar, upholding their moral and ethical duties as lawyers.

    • Prepares students to pass the bar examination, in California first and other states as allowed under reciprocity rules, and practice law as a licensed attorney.

Individuals seeking to practice law and develop the greatest range of career opportunities should enroll in the Juris Doctor Program.

Graduates are eligible to apply to sit for the California bar examination. Upon passing the bar examination and fulfilling other statutory requirements, graduates become eligible to practice law in the State of California as well as in many of the Federal courts. Concord's Juris Doctor alumni may also apply to practice before most federal and other governmental agencies. In addition, graduates may be eligible to practice before the United States Supreme Court after three years of practice. Graduates desiring to practice in other states may be eligible under reciprocity rules. These rules are unique to each state.

Beyond the traditional practice of law, a licensed attorney has the knowledge, skills and credentials for employment in a broad spectrum of career opportunities.

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Objectives

    • Develops analytical thinking, intellectual acumen, self-discipline, and effective communication skills.

    • Provides the training required for a thorough understanding of the profession of law.

    • Graduates are able to advance their current profession or seek out other opportunities that require legal expertise.

Individuals who desire an education in law - but do not desire to practice law - should enroll in the Executive JDsm program. Today's economy puts great value on the skills and abilities that can be derived from a legal education. Knowledge of legal terminology, well-honed analytical skills and the power to persuade are talents that can be employed in a wide range of employment opportunities. Executive JDsm students are not subject to the statutorily mandated four-year part-time study requirements that are required by California law for the Juris Doctor program. Students enrolled in this program receive many of the same intensive Concord courses offered in the Juris Doctor program except that they have more flexibility.

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Objectives

    • Develops analytical thinking, intellectual acumen, self-discipline, and effective communication skills.

    • Provides the training required for a thorough understanding of the profession of law.

    • Graduates are able to advance their current profession or seek out other opportunities that require legal expertise.

    • Provides a specialized Health Law Track for those professionals interested in pursuing or continuing a career in a health care setting.

Individuals who desire an education in law - but do not desire to practice law - should enroll in the Executive JDsm program. Today's economy puts great value on the skills and abilities that can be derived from a legal education. Knowledge of legal terminology well-honed analytical skills and the power to persuade are talents that can be employed in a wide range of employment opportunities. Executive JDsm students are not subject to the statutorily mandated four-year part-time study requirements that are required by California law for the Juris Doctor program. Students enrolled in this program receive many of the same intensive Concord courses offered in the Juris Doctor program except that they have more flexibility.

The Health Law Track requires 16 units of health law related courses. The introductory Health Law course serves as the prerequisite for electives such as Bioethics, Health Policy, Administrative Law for the Health Care Professional and E-Health and Telemedicine.

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The legal education at Concord is rigorous and dynamic. The curriculum corresponds to that in most leading U.S. law schools. Unlike most of its fixed facility counterparts, however, Concord utilizes the latest Internet technologies to communicate its material and facilitate the learning process.

Casebooks and other textbooks are those regularly used at fixed facility campuses nationwide. Classroom instruction is replicated through an innovative combination of video lectures from nationally renowned legal scholars, professor-led discussion groups delivered over the Internet and intensive individual feedback from professor to student. Students work through assignments similar to those required in a traditional law school setting with the convenience of submitting them online. Concord's technology facilitates the availability of a wide array of testing materials appropriate for those who later seek admission to the bar.

The Law School curriculum is available to Concord students over the Internet 24 hours a day, seven days a week from any part of the globe. Students set their own pace and speed within a structured learning system developed by legal education experts.

 

 

Concord Law School seeks to admit students with a motivation and desire to succeed in law school, and who bring a wide range of backgrounds, experiences and perspectives to their coursework and to the legal profession. Completed applications will be evaluated on the following:

Applicants who have completed a bachelor's degree with a 3.0 grade point average will be considered for admission to Concord's law programs. For additional information, please contact a Concord advisor.

Although it is recommended that applicants achieve an undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of 3.0, it is only one of the criteria considered. All students who meet the undergraduate education requirements are encouraged to apply.

Testing
All applicants are required to take the Concord Admissions Test. After completing the Assessment Form and speaking to an advisor, applicants will be given access to the Concord website and online Admissions Test.

 

 

Concord Law School is part of Kaplan Higher Education, a division of Kaplan, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Washington Post Company. For more than 60 years, Kaplan has helped individuals achieve their educational and career goals. In fact, nearly half a million of today's lawyers initiated their careers with preparation at Kaplan ­- more than nearly any other educational company in the world. Concord Law School is the apex of all of this rich educational history and in the following pages, we hope that you'll find the answers to all of your questions regarding this exciting, new frontier of education. In fact, we hope you'll find your future.

 
 
 

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• Concord Law School is approved as a degree-granting institution in the State of California by the Bureau of Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education. Additionally, Concord is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC).
 
• Law School Advisor:
Each student is assigned a Law School Advisor at the start of their first year courses. Readily accessible by phone, e-mail, or fax, the Advisor is available to help throughout the law school process.
 
• Student Orientation:
Students are introduced to the Law School through an extensive Orientation Program.
 
• Office Hours :
Concord Law School professors are readily accessible through e-mail, phone and fax to discuss legal issues with students and to answer their questions. Faculty members lead the regularly scheduled "chat rooms," sessions which focus on particular legal concepts or cases.
 
• Law Library Resources:
Concord Law School's Law Library includes links to all research material necessary for students to complete their assignments and fulfill the curriculum. Concord's staff librarian is available to assist students in understanding how to use the resources of the Internet to conduct legal research and to specifically help with school assignments.
 
• Student Discussion and Study Group:
The Class Roster, Discussion Board and other sites within the Law School facilitate communication among students. Student discussion groups are formed and operated on the website to give students the opportunity to network, learn from one another and to form study groups with their colleagues.
• E-mail, Fax, Phone Support:
All members of the Concord Law School faculty and administration are available through e-mail, fax, and phone for student questions, concerns, and comments. Questions are routinely addressed in 24 hours or less.
• Tech Center:
Concord has invested significant resources to produce a state-of-the-art Internet delivery system. It was designed with the average computer user in mind - and is very easy to use.
• Faculty:
Comprised of law school deans and professors, judges, litigators and academics.
• Phenomenal Growth:
Concord has grown to more than 1000 students today enrolled in Concord's Juris Doctor, Executive Juris Doctor sm, and LL.M. in Health Law programs. The faculty has grown to more than 60 legal academics and practitioners.