Concord’s mission is to deliver a sound program of legal education via the Internet. The goal is to provide this high-quality law program through technology that supports the curriculum and learning outcomes, but is transparent. Students do not have to be technology gurus to come to Concord; however, there are established minimum levels of computer equipment, Internet access, and skills that are required to successfully attend the school.


Equipment, Internet Connection, and Technological Competency

The computer equipment utilized to access the Concord program must meet the minimum requirements below. Elective courses may have additional requirements.

 Technical Requirements 

Hardware/OS Minimums

  • A PC running Windows XP or Vista, with the operating system’s minimum requirements for processor, memory, and hard drive (See the Microsoft website for minimum requirements)
  • 1 GB RAM or more (recommended).
  • Sound card and speakers
  • 1024 x 768 monitor with a 16-bit or greater video card (24-bit preferred)

Software

  • Internet Explorer 6.0 or higher or Firefox 3.0 or higher
  • Adobe Flash Player 9.0 or higher (downloaded from the Internet)
  • Verisign Digital Certificate
  • MS Word 97 or higher or a word processor that can create files with the following extensions: .doc (MS Word 97 through MS Word 2003), .docx (MS Word 2007), or a standard .rtf (rich text format)
  • RealPlayer 8.0 or higher (downloaded from the Internet)
  • Adobe Reader 9.0 or higher (downloaded from the Internet)
  • A current antivirus application with up-to-date virus definitions and a current antispyware program

Internet Connection

  • A dedicated, reliable connection to the Internet consisting of at least a 128Kbps modem or faster; a broadband connection is preferred
  • An email address for the exclusive use of the student that will accept all emails, including attachments, from the domain name concord.kaplan.edu (Note: Students are presumed to receive the messages sent to designated email addresses. It is the responsibility of the student to ensure that messages from Concord Law School are not blocked and that the mailbox is not too full to receive messages.)

Technological Competency

  • Ability to use email to correspond with faculty, staff, and students.
  • Ability to access, create, and save documents in MSWord or other program in standard .doc, .docx, or .rtf (rich text format) files (this includes the ability to cut-and-paste, edit documents, and search for files)
  • Ability to browse the Web
  • Ability to run antivirus and antispyware applications to ensure that files are virus free
  • Ability to open .pdf files
NOTE: Some courses and programs may have additional software and hardware requirements.