Concord Law School Reviews
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Concord Law School 
JD Health Law Track
Reviewer: Anonymous
(Graduate) on August 16, 2009
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After attending one of the nations best known schools, presently offering both online and a brick and morter education, I found myself at Concord. The Teachers and Professors focus on the success of each student. When compared to my peers I have found that I excel in every instance. An Online education takes an exorbant amount of self discipline, dedication and committment, that traditional brick and mortar schools simply do not offer. The online programs offered by these "traditional" schools are substandard and sloppy at best. Concord's committment to producing the best of the best - justifies their continued focus on Nationwide ABA acceptance. I am sure as the students of Concord continue pulling off the highest Bar Exam Scores and continued acceptance by the U.S. Surpreme Court Bar, Concord will prove to be inline if not better than Havard and Yale.
EJD Program 
JD Health Law Track
Reviewer: Anonymous
(Degree In Progress) on July 10, 2009
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I am a 3rd year EJD student. The first year was fine and I would have given the kind of positive appraisals others have posted here. From the beginning of year 2 and continuing to less than an hour ago I find I must cajole, push, confront and demand that Concord provide the program as described. In my opinion and experience, this is NOT a program for fulltime employed adults. The course work requires about 40 yours a week. A student should plan on taking about 3 weeks vacation from their job in order to meet Concord’s schedules for course work, exams etc. The focus of courses even EJD courses is passing the bar exam. This is NOT what the EJD program is about. The course topics and assignments are designed for the practice of law. In my opinion, we EJD students are viewed as lesser, JD unqualified and JD wanna-be students. Concord does not understand nor value neither who the EJD student is, nor what the field and professional application really is. The curriculum is not well coordinated. Readings (cases) don’t match lecture topics. Assignments don’t promote critical analysis of the EJD field and do not have any application to the real world. The technology is out of sync with the rapidly advancing field and I have had to down grade to earlier versions of software programs in order to be compatible with the Concord platform. Technology services can take days to respond. Administrative responses to questions are NOT prompt. The tone and demeanor of responses is often negative, judgmental and blaming of students. More recently, I have noticed a tone and structure that assumes students are cheating and make them jump through hoops to prove they are not. It is most unfortunate that they appear so disinterested in student success and more interested in creating barriers for students. Students are left to scour documents and search the fine print for answers that are neither readily available nor apparent. Contrary to the criticism from other posts, I do NOT find that my colleagues in the EJD program are looking to have professors and advisors “hold their hands”. Nor do they lack an understanding that this is “graduate school”. Quite the contrary, all of those I am familiar with have advanced degrees and a history of success as graduate students. I do believe that Concord misrepresent as well as undervalues the EJD program and then has little interest in the students. It is unfortunate because the potential to be an outstanding program is there but they fall short on a daily basis and seem to have no interest in improving. Listening to students is not their forte.
Much More Difficult than Brick and Mortar 
Juris Doctor
Reviewer: Anonymous
(Graduate) on April 30, 2009
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I chose an online law school because I could not attend a traditional one, could not invest that much time away from home. With online I was able to do the lectures on my schedule and keep up with long nights and weekends. Law School online is hard, and one must be willing to put in the time. I just read a review from a person in the EJD program at Concord claims little support, and that he is unsure of the benefit. Why then is he in the program? This is graduate school, and it seems too many of these people are looking for something easy. It is really hard to believe most of these post. I had lots going on in my life, so it took me four years to complete the EJD, and I feel good about the accomplishment. I'm using the degree in a limited practice of law. If one checks around, there are opportunities if you can pass the exams.
A Great Online Program
Juris Doctor
Reviewer: Anonymous
(Degree In Progress) on April 23, 2009
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I earned my MBA online, and as an experienced online student I can say Concord is a quality program. Being an online student requires a ton of discipline, and if you expect the professors to hold your hand through the process of earning your degree, it is definitely not for you. But if you need good mentorship and educational discourse, then it's the best way to "virtually" earn your degree and still work in the "real" world. I recomment it highly.
Same As Other Online Schools
Juris Doctor
Reviewer: parkeryl
(Degree In Progress) on April 7, 2009
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I would have to agree with the above poster. It seems that after they get your money it's hard to get help from them. The advisiors never check on their students. They often change the program, then when there is a problem they say well this is what was in the catalog. I enjoyed the live classes that's why I gave them a 10 on technology. They have this rule that says you must login every 21 days.After the first year I had a lot of problems with them. It seems to be a money thing with them.
Best Law School Around
JD Program
Reviewer: jim
(Degree In Progress) on January 27, 2009
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Best law program around. Concord is the Harvard of the internet and the future of legal education. I have professors from some of the top law schools in the country teaching classes. Even a couple from Harvard. Go figure.
actually, pretty good
Juris Doctor
Reviewer: erhkh
(Degree In Progress) on November 26, 2008
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i agree with the other reviewer that there is a strong focus on passing certain tests..HELLO, what good is the degree if you don't pass the BAR exam..my experience has been dramatically different than his/hers. The texts are great.. The video classes were fine, although they were , at times, out of sync with the other homework..however, this was a minor inconvenience. i believe you get out of it what you put into it. the feedback was excellent and timely..i've yet to wait more than a few days for an answer to my question. generally, they wouldn't tell me to 'not worry abput it' but to investigate it myself instead of just giving me the answer. i know of many concord graduates that are doing just fine with their degrees. It is pricey, i'll admit, but they haven't steered me wrong yet..so, i'm going to continue on and trust the system...
Disappointing
Juris Doctor
Reviewer: Anonymous
(Degree In Progress) on December 30, 2007
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Am working on their Executive JD program, meaning I study a modifed verson of the JD track and could earn a degree of uncertain value after 3 years (instead of 4). I started in the JD track and, as the pace got faster, transferred to the EJD. The time required is unrealistic for full-time adults. Represented as 15-20 hours per week, it realistically requires 30-35 hours per week on average to properly complete assignments. Being a Kaplan school, Concord's main thrust is teaching how to take the Bar Exam. There is far less interest in discussing concepts or teaching content. More than once online replies to my questions have been "Don't waste your time on that." In the EJD track, teaching support is nearly absent. Quality of feedback is significantly worse, and time for feedback takes much longer. Finally, curriculum materials are often out of date, and video lectures are out of synch with reading assignments making the learning experience more difficult (listening to a lecture on cases not read and not assigned for many weeks in the future). In my opinion, and based on 12-months experience, I find Concord to have misrepresented their program, to deliver a shoddy product which is not being maintained in a timely manner, and to provide support services of uncertain and unpredictable quality. Being among the more expensive distance learning options, they disappoint. And, shamelessly, they keep increasing their tuition by 5% or more each semester, pushing them close to $10,000 per year. Too much, frankly, for the program they deliver. Distance learning degrees are not yet recognized by higher learning accreditation authorities, their credits cannot be transferred, and their degree is not ABA recognized. In other words, all you might possibly get is knowledge, but their program is rigidly focused on passing a test which is of uncertain value to its students -- with very little interest in actually teaching anything. Disappointing, to say the least. I won't be paying them any more for two more years of this silly dance. I have the texts, I will get as much by reading them on my own.
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