Any members here familiar with Northwester School of Law in California. I am thinking of applying for admissions but I would like to get some feedback from students who are currently attending or could give me some feedback about the school. I am also looking for a mentor to help me get started on entering law school. I am retired and decided to go back to school and because I live in California thought that this was a great school with easy entry. So if anyone is out there and need someone to mentor please leave a message and I’d be happy to get back to you. Thanks for reading.
Hello, Jewell!
I really want to get you a good advice so it will be easier for you to decide. California school is really a good one. They are interested in their students. But the opinions of different people are very personal. But in most cases they are positive.
Good luck,
Camila.
Hi Jewell, I’d agree everyone educates themselves in the end. In that regard I’d just get the books and read for the law exams myself. That’s how many famous lawyers of yesteryear did it. (Including Abraham Lincoln) But it is also true that the pass rate on the bar is often extremely low for grads of unaccredited schools; and this can be traced back to the school not providing the best texts, feedback and assessment in route. All these things are a part of what you are buying when you “buy” a degree; and not all schools are equal in… Read more »
Honestly I feel if one wants to become a lawyer one will regardless of the institution they attend. Fortunately for me I live in a beautiful State that gives people the opportunity to become lawyers without all the hypercritical bureaucracy. Passing the exam is all up to me (as my deceased father will say) it has absolutely nothing to do with the institution I attend, especially at my age – my success of failure lies completely with me and how much I want to put into it. I determine whether I pass or fail, not the school. It is not… Read more »
Hi Jewell, Thanks for the quick clarification! Okay, so if I get your situation and what you want/need in a law school online correctly then these conditions apply: 1) You do not have a bachelor’s degree and do not want to earn one so you want to try and test into the JD degree program (a graduate degree); and this school will let you have a go at that using CLEP exams; 2)You like the cost and payment plans; 3) You are never leaving California so need a degree that will let you meet the California no-aba degree bar law… Read more »
Vicki many thanks for your response. There are many reasons for me looking at enrolling at Northwestern. First, I am a retiree from the law field but not a lawyer so I have the experience. But these are the things that drove me to the school: The monthly payments are reasonable; the admission thru CLEP is within my reach; you can write the Baby Bar after one year and write the California Bar after four years, which allow you to practice law in California. My main goal is to open a pro-bono clinic in my area and be able to… Read more »
Hi Jewell, Thanks for posting as we get the basic question you are asking fairly often: Is it a good idea to attend an unaccredited online law school? I think you must mean Northwestern California University (NCU) rather than Northwestern University School of Law (NU)in Illinois. NU is a very famous Bar Approved law school in Chicago whereas NCU is a a non-accredited and non-ABA approved correspondence school that has a license to operate (state approval – NOT ABA approval) as a business in the state of California. If you mean NCU the following would apply if I were looking… Read more »