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[Isaac]

I don’t know if I would have “wasted” (my value judgment) the credit, and study, hours on a course that got into nuts-and-bolts of US prosecution, as Isaac’s (apparently???)

Nope.   I didn't take a nuts-and-bolts course.   I took a patent law course which covered only statutory law and the associated caselaw.  IMO, most of that stuff is minimally covered in a registration prep course and you need that stuff to be an effective prosecutor.   But the course did not cover any of the administrative details regarding practice before the PTO and you need that stuff to pass the registration exam.

IMO the question is how would a prospective employer (or client if ur hanging out ur shingle) of a registered patent attorney perceive an on-line degree?  Dunno.  But, rightly or wrongly, I too perceive lack of ABA accreditation as a HUGE minus.

As do I.

[khazzah]

But I’m not 100% sure how I should best  understand you comment:

   “Sure, I learned some stuff in law school.  But not enough to pay tuition -- even at the cheap in-state rates that I paid -- just for that learning.”

All I'm saying is that I wouldn't have paid $20K for the pure joy of going to law school and learning stuff.

I paid $20K in tuition so that I could get a JD which allowed me to sit for the bar in 50 states. This gave me a chance at a relatively high-paying patent attorney position rather than relatively low paid patent agent position.

As an aside, I took absolutely zero IP courses in law school. I decided to focus instead on core courses which would be on the state bar.  Now, my school didn't have very many, and I'm sure if my school had specialized in IP I would have taken IP classes.