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Distance Legal Education: Lessons From The *Virtual* Classroom, Jacqueline D. Lipton
Distance Legal Education: Lessons From The *Virtual* Classroom, Jacqueline D. Lipton
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In the 2018-2019 revision of the American Bar Association (ABA) Standards and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools, the ABA further relaxed the requirements relating to distance education in J.D. programs. However, outside of a handful of schools that have received permission to teach J.D. courses almost entirely online, most experiments in distance legal education have occurred in post-graduate (i.e. post-J.D.) programs: LL.M. degrees, and various graduate certificates and Master’s degrees in law-related subjects. These programs can be taught completely online without requiring special ABA permission.
This essay reflects on the author’s experiences over a number of …