Admissions & Tuition

While CDTA does not require a pre-law course of study, we encourage and coach our prospective students to develop relevant skills that will prepare them for success at CDTA and ultimately as practicing lawyers.

Critical thinking skills, logical, clear and concise writing skills, effective reading skills, and persuasive presentation skills will all be beneficial in your future success as a legal advocate.

The pass rate of students who have taken the California First-Year Law Students’ Examination and the California Bar Examination is reported here and posted on the California State Bar of California website.

• Graduates from community colleges and universities across Southern California, who wish to get started in their legal education as rapidly as possible.
• Career professional seekers such as law enforcement professionals, medical professionals, business professionals, accountants and teachers.
• Students with special circumstances who have not qualified to attend other law schools.

Academic Program

Our CDTA academic program includes all California Bar tested areas of legal study, including:

• Contracts
• Torts
• Criminal Law
• Civil Procedure
• Constitutional Law
• Evidence
• Real Property
• Wills & Trusts
• Criminal Procedure
• Business Enterprises
• Remedies
• Professional Responsibility

Class Schedules

Classes for the California Bar test courses of legal study are taught on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings from 6:00 P.M. to 9:30 P.M.

Saturdays from 8:30 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. are devoted to test-taking techniques and practice exams. Saturday afternoons from 1:00 P.M. to 3:00 P.M. are devoted to skills, values and historical perspectives.

Fall semester is fifteen (15) weeks and Spring semester is fourteen (14) weeks. Courses begin the day after Labor Day. There are no classes the week of Thanksgiving. Classes conclude in mid-December.Classes resume the first Tuesday following MLK day and conclude mid-May. There will be a one week break during the Spring.

Tuition

Tuition is $12,000 annually.

Tuition includes text books and study aids, i.e., Fleming’s Writing Course, Lexis Nexis.  A deposit of $4,000 is due by mid-August.  Thereafter a $1,000 per month payment is due on the 1st of each consecutive month for the remainder of your academic program.

At CDTA, we believe that a thorough study of California Bar test areas of legal study, examined regularly, and supplemented with skills, values and historical perspective is a winning formula for educating, training and developing extraordinary legal advocates.

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