California's First Online Law School

Back in 1996, a man had a dream. He dreamed about starting a unique law school, one that he had never seen before – one that was unlike the multitude of law schools in California. It would be a law school for men and women coming from all walks of life and with all kinds of socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds, all who had wished at one point in their lives that they could go to law school. The law school would exist for those people who, for a variety of reasons including work hours, family commitments, geographical location, health status or age, had not thought that they could make their dreams of becoming lawyers come true.

That man made his dream come true by starting one of California's first online law schools. His school allowed students to complete their entire law school education online without needing to attend a single class in person. His school empowered students by giving them flexibility through the Internet, so that students could take their classes when and where they wanted, even from the convenience of their homes and offices, or from hotel rooms with Internet access when students needed to travel due to work or family obligations.

That school is Abraham Lincoln University School of Law.

Abraham Lincoln University (ALU) provides law education via online legal programs for those desiring to take the complete program online, but ALU does not stop there in giving students what they need. ALU offers an interactive education for students so that they know where to go to get their questions answered and to discuss classroom topics.

In-classroom interaction occurs on weekday nights and weekend morning classes. Students and faculty communicate through Live Chat Rooms, even during lecture time, allowing a free-flowing discourse. Lectures are recorded and are made available online for students who missed lectures.

Students also can set up their own Live Chat Rooms serving as small study groups. While traditional law schools and law programs in California have not fully embraced the potential for online student study groups, Abraham Lincoln University School of Law has been a pioneer in creating new ways for students to engage and study through our innovative online legal programs. Abraham Lincoln University School of Law will always strive to be at the cutting edge.

The man with a dream that evolved into Abraham Lincoln University School of Law is California attorney and CPA Hyung J. Park, the current Chairman of ALU. Born in South Korea, Mr. Park had to struggle to gain a basic education in his native country and learned to work early in his life in order to pay for his education. When he emigrated to America, Mr. Park came to thrive as an immigrant in America's system of freedom and liberty and experienced success.

Today, Mr. Park wants to pay back the descendants of the great men who founded the United States of America and who established its legal and political systems. Abraham Lincoln University School of Law is his way of making doors of opportunity open to others, as the United States has done for him.

Chairman Park, ALU faculty and staff appreciate the students and are ready to go out of their way to make sure every student know that they are valued at ALU.

With writing classes, the study skills workshops, the review classes and the bar preparation classes, all available along with the J.D. program's core courses, ALU is ready to go the extra mile to make time with ALU rewarding and educational. By working to make sure that you can communicate with your professors whenever a question arises, ALU strives to make its education flexible and accessible to students.

You can make your dream become reality. Has becoming a lawyer, or even just learning the law, been on your mind? At ALU, you can become part of an outstanding community focused on legal education, where the Internet can be your classroom.