Posted on 08/12/2007 2:39:27 AM PDT by balch3
Louisiana College will announce Thursday that it is establishing the Judge Paul Pressler School of Law on its Pineville campus.
LC President Joe Aguillard will announce details of the law school during a press conference Thursday at noon in the Granberry Conference Center.
"Founding a law school is a monumental undertaking but one that we are working on diligently," said Aguillard in a press release. "Opening a conservative, Christian law school will fill a niche in the state of Louisiana, and also the nation."
The release stated that the goal of the school would be "to train and equip young men and women to view the practice of law through a biblical worldview."
Pressler, according to the release, is a Texas judge and a "patriarch in the Southern Baptist Convention." He has authored a book, "A Hill on Which to Die," which the release describes as an autobiographical history of the conservative resurgence in the Southern Baptist Convention.
The press conference is open to the public.
That’s pretty interesting. The sad part is that in order for students to become members of their state bar and practice law, the new school must be accredited by the somewhat left-leaning American Bar Association, which currently has a monopoly on law school accreditation.
This is a positive sign. To young freepers out there I also have some advice. Advice from the corporate world I gave to some young relatives. Basically whatever degree you get, its worth going the extra 2 years and getting a law degree if you can. I`m not even saying at the finest school, just one that is decent value.
One lady I read about online she was a successful realtor. Well when real estate when downhill for a couple years, she took that opportunity to get more education. She had already gotten a liberal arts degree earlier in life. So she went and got a law degree.
So she got back into real estate after, and of course real estate invariably started doing well again. But now she could handle the legal work for her office. And provide more service to homeowners. The title part of home transactions is quite costly, yet she could do that too. For her little firm she was very valuable, and I assume well compensated.
In fact she could also have taken the state exam to become a certified loan broker, and get that part of the business too.
Well would you hire this lawyer and realtor, of course. And as things get complex you need lawyers and accountants for so much. A employee with a broad range of official certifications is very useful, and part of 21st century ultra flexible workforce.
And btw those professional associations that limit supply of students should be shot.
The annoying thing about getting accredited by the bar is having to deal with the individual examiners. If you read the bar requirements themselves, they’re so broad and vague it sounds like you’d have to intentionally try to fail it not to pass. The personalities of the particular examiners you draw plays a big part in it.
It’s actually a big scam, since the examiners are just ABA trained faculty from other schools. Since law faculty members move around so much, there’s a good chance you’ll end up getting reviewed by a former peer or at least a friend-of-a-friend.
Great. More lawyers...
Ave Maria took until 2005 to be accredited but is up to 380 students now. Not sure how the move from Michigan to Florida will affect enrollment.
Nice that there may be another conservative option.
Rather than counsel people to 'go ahead and get a law degree' I always counsel people not to go to law school unless (1) they really want to become a practicing lawyer, (2) not to waste the time and the money unless they can get into a 1st Tier law school (top 30 or so), and (3) not to go significantly into debt to go to law school unless they are at a top 10-15 law school.
I know it sounds harsh, but it's based on my experience over the past 26+ years in practice after graduating from a top 10 law school.
Baylor tried this. The law school took over the university—and it’s famous for the ambulance-chasers it produces.
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