I’m not familiar with the programs to which you refer. Perhaps these are simply standard paralegal programs? For those who don’t know, paralegals are the master sergeants of the legal profession and principally handle case logistics (e.g., filing, working with vendors, arranging depositions, supporting attorneys at trial, and perhaps basic form preparation and legal research under attorney supervision). Paralegals are not permitted to file their own papers or argue in court.
FYI - in California, those who graduate from non-ABA accredited law schools must take and pass the same bar exam as ABA-accredited graduates. The Board of Legal Examiners only administers one type of bar exam.
Yeah, that's been brought up in some distance learning forums. They also have a 'Baby Bar' exam (First Year Law Students' Exam).
A search came up with little on non ABA law programs outside of California. Either I'm out of date or just had it wrong.
This is interesting:
"The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has waived the usual requirement that all takers of the state bar examination must be graduates of an ABA-accredited law school for a licensed California attorney who got his law degree in 2004 from Concord Law School, a non-ABA-accredited online institution."
Cont... ABA Journal