Which accredited East Coast Law Schools do not require students to have a BA?

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Request for Question Clarification by tar_heel_v-ga on 03 Mar 2003 19:31 PST

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According to the American Bar Association's Standards for Approval of
Law Schools and Interpretations:

"Standard 502. EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS.

(a) A law school shall require for admission to its J.D. degree
program a bachelor's degree, or successful completion of three-fourths
of the work acceptable for a bachelor's degree, from an institution
that is accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the
Department of Education.

b) In an extraordinary case, a law school may admit to its J.D. degree
program an applicant who does not possess the educational requirements
of subsection (a) if the applicant’s experience, ability, and other
characteristics clearly show an aptitude for the study of law. The
admitting officer shall sign and place in the admittee’s file a
statement of the considerations that led to the decision to admit the
applicant."

Standards for Approval of Law Schools and Interpretations
Chapter 5 - Admissions
http://www.abanet.org/legaled/standards/chapter5.html


Being that the ABA is the accrediting authority for law schools in the
United States, this standard should apply to all accredited schools. 
I can provide you with a list of all the ABA accredited law schools
and their respective websites if you would like.

Regards,

-THV

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Request for Question Clarification by joey-ga on 03 Mar 2003 19:44 PST

A BA specifically (Bachelor of Arts degree)?

Every law school in the country will accept a BS (Bachelor of Science
degree) or a BE (Bachelor of Engineering degree . . . which is
increasingly rare) as well.