By Lauren Saria
Cronkite News
Sharon Garshak of Gilbert always dreamed of going to law school, but her job with an aerospace company and having to support herself made that impossible until she found Kaplan University’s online Concord Law School.
“Despite working full-time at a demanding job, I was able to go to law school and learn the legal principles really well,” she said.
After graduating in 2011, she passed the California bar exam. But she can’t practice in Arizona because the state only allows graduates of law schools accredited by the American Bar Association – a list that includes no online law schools – to sit for the bar exam.
“I don’t intend on moving to California,” she said. “But without being able to take the Arizona bar, I won’t be able to help people.”
A state lawmaker wants to change that.
