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The Continuing Education of the Bar Organization recently completed a live webinar with St. Francis School of Law Dean Carole J. Buckner from the law school’s offices in Newport Beach, California, on the important topic of client trust accounting. Attorneys must...Oct 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
St. Francis School of Law Professor Michael White recently became the Program Director for Riverside Legal Aid. Riverside Legal Aid is a Public Service Law Corporation started in 1982 by the Riverside County Bar Association. The organization serves the legal needs...Oct 5, 2016 | Uncategorized
Recently I had a conversation with another lawyer along the lines of whether students can truly be prepared for the practice of law without a substantial live interactive component in their legal education. We discussed whether posting in a chat box or written...Jul 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
The California State Bar’s Committee of Mandatory Fee Arbitration has issued an Advisory offering guidance regarding ethical issues in billing of legal fees. St. Francis Dean Carole J. Buckner, a member of the State Bar Committee, recently published an article summing...Jun 29, 2016 | Uncategorized
St. Francis School of Law Dean Carole J. Buckner announced that Professor Jonathan Watson has joined the St. Francis faculty. Prof. Watson practices law with the firm of Anderson, Agostino & Keller, P.C. in South Bend Indiana. Prof. Watson has substantial...Jun 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
This is the final part of a three-part series regarding success on the bar exam. In this part we will be covering the Performance Test (PT). Previously we covered cover essays and the Multistate Bar Exam. While many states use the Multistate Performance Test, the...Jun 8, 2016 | Uncategorized
Dean Carole J. Buckner will be speaking at the California Alliance of Paralegal Association’s (CAPA) 28th Annual June Educational Conference at the Riverside Convention Center June 25, 2016 on “Can Lawyers Lie in Negotiations?” The event celebrates 40 years of CAPA. ...Jun 1, 2016 | Uncategorized
Our Juris Doctor program is unique in many respects when compared to other law school programs. One difference is our small online courses, where our experienced professors are online live with students twice a week, face to face, voice to voice. St, Francis...May 31, 2016 | Uncategorized
Some years ago a California State Bar task force crafted and the Board approved several requirements that would require law schools to increase the practical skills curriculum offered, in order to better prepare lawyers for the practice of law. With broad input, the...May 30, 2016 | Uncategorized
Prof. Daniel Schwarcz of the University of Minnesota Law School and Dion Farganis, a student there, published a piece in the Los Angeles Daily Journal this past week questioning the effectiveness of the “traditional” approach to law school, where grading is based on...