What to Weigh About Accelerated B.A.-J.D. Programs

juillet
Wed, 11 Nov 2020 18:52:04 +0000

In the grand scheme of things, one year really isn’t that long. As several others have alluded to, I don’t know that I would advise a student to spend a lot more money and go to a lower-tier law school simply so they can shave one year off their journey.

Also, Pepperdine’s accelerated option really just moves some of the learning into two summers. So instead of attending two semesters and taking off during the summer, you basically attend year-round, including over the summer. I can see several disadvantages to this, not the least of which is that the summer is usually a time that students use to do legal internships, which is going to be essential for getting a law job post-graduation.

This is also potentially a general disadvantage for 3+3 programs if their solution to pushing you through is taking up the summers. The goal of college/law school is to learn the material and do something with it, not simply blaze through it.