William Mitchell law school first to offer ABA-approved online degrees

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MPLS Star Tribune:

The St. Paul law school is the first to win American Bar Association approval for degrees that students can earn, largely, at home

MAURA LERNER

December 17, 2013

 

A Minnesota law school will become the first in the country to allow students to earn their degrees largely from home, with the blessing of the American Bar Association.

 

On Wednesday, William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul plans to announce its new hybrid option: Students will spend only a week or two on campus each semester, and take the rest of their classes online.

 

Its the first such program at a fully accredited law school. And depending on whom you ask, its a risky, or a long overdue, venture that could shake up the tradition-bound halls of legal education.

 

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