…asks The American Prospect. See here:
http://prospect.org/article/online-llms-new-way-rob-peter-pay-paul
July 14, 2013
Are online LLM degrees worth it or just a law school money maker?…
Posted by Jason J. Czarnezki under Uncategorized[2] Comments
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JASON J. CZARNEZKI
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July 16, 2013 at 4:19 PM
Kudos to Deans Shields and Mullaly to have had the foresight to enlist Rebecca to demonstrate how a distance learning program can enhance the abilities of so many for so much less than attending in a classroom somewhere.
It is suggested that the the future of a quality education in our spaceship lies in how many can be educated by the best and brightest, including Professor Jason C who brought an online course to life! In my case, “robbing” “Paul” to pay “Peter” is worth the price of admission: Consider otherwise — how could I, others, or those in our US China partnership in international environmental law ever hope to interact with those at distant venues to discover “Everyday Environmentalism” or concern for our food chain, the air we all breathe, and the water we rely upon for life, for a fraction of the cost of transporting one there?
Thanks Vermont Law School Distance Learning Program (Rebecca Purdom)!
PPeace and love,
Paul
November 13, 2013 at 6:43 PM
I attend Vermont’s online LLM, but that is a misnomer. Vermont had a generic environmental masters, to which they now enroll attorneys and call it a LLM. But it is not. The MELP classes were not upgraded for attorneys, so in every class I have taken but one, there is no real legal analysis. My most recent class had 250 word “mini papers”. Really, that’s what they called them. I often spend just 2-3 hours a week on “readings” because it’s so simple. Attorneys take the same classes with MELPs who have no legal background, so the classes are 7 weeks (for three credits no less) of pure banality. You can be in the MELP program with any BA, with no legal or policy experience. At least half of my “professors” are still in school, such as a PhD program, or graduated from Vermont very recently. It’s a very expensive joke. I highly recommend attorneys avoid this pretend program.