Pre-legal Education

A.      Entry To Our School's B.S.L. and/or J.D. Law Study Program By Those Who Plan To Become Lawyers And Are Going To Register As Law Students With The California Bar:

For the B.S.L./J.D. Degree program we apply the California State Bar Pre-Legal Education Regulations in determining the qualifications of those applicants who plan to become lawyers and are going to register as law students with the Bar.

California Bar regulations mandate that those who have a Bachelor, Associate of Art or Associate of Science degree from a regionally accredited or state (Department of Education or like entity) approved school are eligible to enroll in law school as California 'bar eligible' students. Additionally, individuals with 60 or more transferable semester college credits (90 or more quarter college credits) from such schools, i.e. credits which are considered applicable towards a Bachelor degree by upper division schools, are eligible to enroll in law school as California 'bar eligible' students.

Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) degrees are considered vocational degrees rather than academic degrees. They do not satisfy the California Bar's eligibility requirements. Individuals with these degrees may, however, have enough college credits considered to be transferable to upper division Bachelor degree programs such that they can meet the 60 semester/90 quarter credit requirement.

Individuals with Master and/or Doctoral degrees who do not also have a Bachelor, Associate of Art or Associate of Science degree, or 60 or more transferable semester college credits (90 or more quarter college credits), likewise, do not meet the California Bar pre-legal requirements.

Most college transcripts have course coding and/or numbering information on the reverse side to provide a way to determine whether or not credits shown on the transcript are transferable to upper division schools.

Those who have no college credits or some transferable college credits, but not enough to meet the mentioned requirements must either attend college to get enough 'transferable' credits to bring their total over the minimum (60 semester/90 quarter) limit or, alternatively, take those College-Level Examination Program® (CLEP) tests accepted by the Committee of Bar Examiners as a substitute for pre-legal education college credit.

The California Committee of Bar Examiners and our school will accept adequate scores on each of three, or in some cases five, 90 minute CLEP tests in lieu of prior college credit. College Composition or College Composition Modular must be taken and a score of at least 50 must be obtained. In addition, two other examinations each designed to correspond to semester courses of 6 semester hours each, or four other examinations each designed to correspond to semester courses of 3 semester hours each, can be selected from any of the following subjects:

   . Composition and Literature (Humanities Examination Only)

   . Foreign Languages

   . History and Social Sciences

   . Science and Mathematics

   . Business

A score of at least 50 must be obtained for each. These scores will satisfy the college prerequisites for enrollment in our school and will permit California Bar law student registration.

To schedule the examinations you should call (800) 257-9558 or go to the website at http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/clep/reg.html

You can purchase a book to help prepare yourself for the CLEP exams. There are a few available. Most large bookstores carry these books. They are usually stocked in the "Reference" section of each store.

(Note: CLEP scores for the former CLEP examinations titled English Composition and English Composition with Essay are accepted by this School and the California Committee of Bar Examiners instead of scores for College Composition and College Composition Modular.)

California State Bar Policy Regarding CLEP

Exam Descriptions

Scores And Semester Hours For CLEP Exams

B.      Entry To Our School's B.S.L. Degree Program By Those Who Do Not Plan To Become Lawyers And Are Not Going To Register As Law Students With The California Bar:

An A.A. or A.S. degree, or 60 units of "transferable" college level semester units is required of those who do not plan to become lawyers and are not going to register as law students with the California Bar. These students cannot meet the school's requirements for enrollment with passing results on three to five selected CLEP tests. That alternative is available only to those focused on Bar qualification.