In Re Batterson

Joyce K. Batterson appeals the Board of Bar Examiners’ (“Board”) denial of her petition for waiver of educational requirements for admission to the State Bar of Georgia. The Board refused to waive the requirement that an applicant have received a first law degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association (“ABA”). Finding that the Board did not abuse its discretion in denying Batterson’s request for a waiver, we affirm.

Batterson graduated in July 2009 from Northwestern California University School of Law (“NWCU”), a correspondence law school utilizing internet-based, online,…