Law School Online

[eLearner]

Just because one attends law school and passes the Bar certainly doesn't make them a competent attorney. Just look at how many are brought up on ethical violations and disbarred and sanctioned. I wonder how much of the anti-online ideology has to do with this is the way it has always been done and it was good enough for me....blah blah blah....mentality we see in many things in life. I'd also be curious to see the age, sex, and race of those in the ABA who determine these policies. Is this another wealthy old white man group running the show or is there diversity? I'd also be curious to see what their law firms are like. Do they still have a room full of file cabinets or have they embraced technology?

That's not quite what I said. I said that they have proven the necessary competence to become a licensed Attorney, not that they have proven to be a competent Attorney. Those two things are very different. Possessing the necessary competence to become a licensed anything is proven during the learning and testing phase. Proving competence during practice can only be done during the post-licensing and practice phase.

As for ethics and such, that's a separate issue. You can be a brilliant Attorney who is very unethical. Many have been and continue to be, and many people would argue that Lawyers are unethical by the nature of the job they do and there is some credence to that position. After all, Lawyers are there to prove and defend what's legal which often times shows that what's legal isn't always ethical.