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Good luck getting a job with an online degreeOriginally Posted by dv3
Dood, I've got three kick ass degrees as it is, and years of experience of c-level health care. I don't think if I passed the bar, I'd have problems getting brought into a med-mal position.
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He's not talking about an online degree just taking the bar exam online. I don't see why you would be able to do that.Originally Posted by JD_May
No, I'm talking about getting my JD online. Quick research shows only CA will let you sit for the bar. I just ruminate about law school whenever I have a really long, really ****** week. I keep thinking it'd be much more fun to sue for millions in med-mal, that actually work for a living.
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If you're going to get a JD get a JD. Go to a school and spend 3 years. You can actually do it in 2. There is absolutely no point in getting a JD from an online school, it might as well be toilet paper. In fact you'd be better off NOT telling anyone you have it because it would actually detract from your credibility. Ask a PhD what they think of people who gets PhDs from online schools or via distance ed, it is an absolute joke. You don't have to go to a great school to be taken seriously, but you do need to go to a recognizable school. With a physical location and everything.
Why wouldn't you just sit the bar exam? I was under the impression you didn't need a law degree to get called down there.
No.
If you're going to get a JD get a JD. Go to a school and spend 3 years. You can actually do it in 2. There is absolutely no point in getting a JD from an online school, it might as well be toilet paper. In fact you'd be better off NOT telling anyone you have it because it would actually detract from your credibility. Ask a PhD what they think of people who gets PhDs from online schools or via distance ed, it is an absolute joke. You don't have to go to a great school to be taken seriously, but you do need to go to a recognizable school. With a physical location and everything.
Why wouldn't you just sit the bar exam? I was under the impression you didn't need a law degree to get called down there.
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?!!Originally Posted by JD_May
No.
If you're going to get a JD get a JD. Go to a school and spend 3 years. You can actually do it in 2. There is absolutely no point in getting a JD from an online school, it might as well be toilet paper. In fact you'd be better off NOT telling anyone you have it because it would actually detract from your credibility. Ask a PhD what they think of people who gets PhDs from online schools or via distance ed, it is an absolute joke. You don't have to go to a great school to be taken seriously, but you do need to go to a recognizable school. With a physical location and everything.
Why wouldn't you just sit the bar exam? I was under the impression you didn't need a law degree to get called down there.
There's only a few states, as far as I know, where you can just sit. One of the southern states, maybe LA, and maybe one of the northern tier. I hear you about online, but you should see the fervor those U of Phoenix people have. They all want to help each other get ahead, which is what I think is the real value of an Ivy League too. The level of rigor, IMO, between HBS and say, Mich State or Rochester, is minimal, it's all name and alumni association.
Anyways, I'm an old man, making big bank, and I just dream about suing people like me sometimes, as it seems the quick way to retirement.
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Anyways, I'm an old man, making big bank, and I just dream about suing people like me sometimes, as it seems the quick way to retirement.Originally Posted by Piobaire
For some reason, I'd always imagined you to be a youthful fellow, maybe early 30s.
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what do you guys mean by "sitting the bar"
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Dood, I've got three kick ass degrees as it is, and years of experience of c-level health care. I don't think if I passed the bar, I'd have problems getting brought into a med-mal position.Originally Posted by Piobaire
I think you'd be surprised how elitist hiring is in the legal profession. I can't imagine someone with an online degree getting a respectable position, but maybe it's happened. And no, I don't think the education would be remotely similar. My view is that if you want to make law your career, and have the pedigree to gain admission to a good law school, doing an online degree would likely be a disappointment. The same goes with an online Ph.D. It's not really seen as a legitimate degree in most circumstances.
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I think you'd be surprised how elitist hiring is in the legal profession. I can't imagine someone with an online degree getting a respectable position, but maybe it's happened. And no, I don't think the education would be remotely similar. My view is that if you want to make law your career, and have the pedigree to gain admission to a good law school, doing an online degree would likely be a disappointment. The same goes with an online Ph.D. It's not really seen as a legitimate degree in most circumstances.Originally Posted by bslo
In my humble opinion, I dont think online degrees are legit degrees.
I know people who got their MBA on-line...I think from University of Phoenix..and Walsh college (a popular "business" school here in Michigan. And its not worth the paper its printed on.
Now if a legitimate program offered the option to take on-line classes, then its different.
I was looking at part time MBA programs last yr...and ASU and PSU offered an online option. But my thought was if I was going to invest the time and money pursuing an MBA, I might as well go to the best school I can....so I applied to UofM Ross school of business's evening/weekend MBA program and was accepted.
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I think you'd be surprised how elitist hiring is in the legal profession. I can't imagine someone with an online degree getting a respectable position, but maybe it's happened. And no, I don't think the education would be remotely similar. My view is that if you want to make law your career, and have the pedigree to gain admission to a good law school, doing an online degree would likely be a disappointment. The same goes with an online Ph.D. It's not really seen as a legitimate degree in most circumstances.Originally Posted by bslo
This is all total ******* bullshit. I take it your definition of "respectable position" is a narrow one? As are your definitions of "pedigree" and "good law school". Nice perpetuation of the elitism you alluded to.
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