Why doesn California Southern Law School teach specialized courses?
California Southern Law School places greater emphasis on students being prepared for the bar exam subjects. For working students, the more specialized subjects that are taken, the less time that is available inside and outside of class to devote to bar subjects. You cannot specialize if you haven’t passed the bar exam. We want students to spend as much time as possible preparing for bar subjects. How do I specialize after law school? There are excellent books available in specialized areas of law. Rutter Group and CEB (Continuing Education of the Bar) are the most well known. In addition, Gilbert Law Summaries may also be available. Are you an “approved” or “accredited” law school? There are presently sixty-eight (68) law schools in California, and there are three (3) types; California is unique in this regard. There are twenty (21) law schools in California that are approved by the American Bar Association (ABA). There are eighteen (18) law schools in California that are approved by
