| If you're a student who is looking to enter the field of | | | | however, a few states that do not require the bar as |
| law to become a lawyer or just learn about the legal | | | | long as a law degree is earned. It is highly suggested |
| system, consider enrolling in a distance learning law | | | | that the student contact the Bar in their state to see if |
| degree program. The study of law is vast with the | | | | you can sit for the bar after earning your law degree |
| varieties of law growing rapidly with advancements in | | | | online. |
| communication, ongoing ethics violations with major | | | | The standard law program is learned by the "Socratic" |
| corporations, and of course the ever changing tax | | | | method - providing real-life cases and the processes |
| laws. The need for qualified and dependable lawyers is | | | | taken to reach the final verdict. It's "hands-on" learning |
| always necessary to represent individuals, | | | | without actually being "hands-on" in working out the |
| organizations, families or companies. | | | | case as it's happening. This provides the student with |
| The most common law degree is the Juris Doctor (JD) | | | | experience in arguing and researching the laws that |
| degree. This degree was first presented by Harvard | | | | pertain to the case without actually having to set foot |
| University in the late 1800s and is the only degree that | | | | in the actual courtroom. Most online law degrees can |
| is considered the first step to becoming a lawyer. As | | | | be completed within 3 years, and since the program is |
| of this article, Harvard University has yet to offer this | | | | done through the internet, there is a great deal of |
| program as a distance learning law degree, but there | | | | flexibility as to when and where the student can |
| are many other colleges that do. | | | | access the coursework. |
| Once a student completes an online law degree from | | | | Distance learning degree programs can provide the |
| an accredited institution, they will be able to take their | | | | student with the necessary legal education to begin |
| state bar exam, depending on your state's laws. When | | | | their exciting career in the field of law all from the |
| the student has passed "the bar", they will be able to | | | | comforts of their home. |
| practice law in that particular state. There are, | | | | |