Attending Law School Online by Carole Levitt, J.D., M.L.S.
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Concord University School of Law is a school any mother would love. Why? Location. Location. Location.
I attended law school at night in a location considered by my mother to be the “baddest” part of town. The thought of her daughter walking out of school, onto the cold, dark streets of downtown Chicago, at 9:00 p.m.(and then taking the subway home, no less), had her sleepless in Skokie.
Actually, it wasn't the “baddest” part of town; but it was the most desolate. My law school was on the fringe of downtown, surrounded by day rate hotels, “adult” bookstores and an alley so disgusting that when the "Blue Brothers" went searching for the most disgusting alley in Chicago in which to film, you can bet my law school's won out.
But, now, out of sunny California, comes Concord, the answer to my mother's prayers: a law school located in cyberspace, where you can earn a law degree without leaving the safety and comfort of your home. The first "Virtual" law school, where download speeds are more important than LSAT scores and your hardware and software are tested as rigorously as you are, is now in its second year of existence with 300 students.
While distance learning has been around for some time, it is only recently that a few law schools have begun to make limited course offerings via the Internet. (Many of them in my home state, Illinois, strangely enough.) The University of Illinois, Loyola (Chicago) and Chicago-Kent have all made some part of their curriculum available via the Internet. These offerings, however, are just an adjunct to coursework that includes actual classes, in actual buildings on an actual campus. As the first "Virtual" law school, Concord has none of those things, with the exception of actual classes, virtually speaking. The entirety of its curriculum is offered exclusively via the Internet.
