Opinion: Bar exam technical issues keep students from succeeding

August 15, 2022

BLOOMBERG — This week, tens of thousands of budding lawyers sit for the bar examination. For the second year in a row, the big news is about technology. Last July, Examplify — the software used for remote testing — crashed repeatedly. Just weeks before this year’s exam, test-takers who’d bought new Windows laptops were informed

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Looking at the advantages of Wisconsin’s diploma privilege for graduating law students

August 11, 2022

REUTERS — As thousands of would-be attorneys anxiously await their scores after slogging through last week’s bar exam, law grads in Wisconsin are already beginning their careers as full-fledged attorneys, blithely unburdened by the need to pass a test.

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Law graduates receive warning that remote bar exam will not work on some newer computers

August 1, 2022

REUTERS — Some law graduates slated to take the bar exam on July 26 and 27 were left scrambling to secure older laptops after learning this week that the exam software will not work on certain newer machines. ExamSoft, the company that supplies the software used on the mandatory attorney licensing exam, told examinees in

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Opinion: How the bar exam creates barriers to entry in the legal profession

July 28, 2022

BLOOMBERG — Should law school applicants still have to take the LSAT? A proposal by a committee of the American Bar Association would eliminate the longstanding rule that accredited law schools must require prospective students to take a “valid and reliable test” as part of the application process. If the LSAT is axed, maybe the

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Podcast: Lawyers offer advice to bar exam test takers

July 18, 2022

LEGAL TALK NETWORK — If you are studying for the July bar exam, you’re not going to memorize every flashcard for the Multistate Bar Examination, and that’s OK. You can still pass.

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Opinion: Law students should learn concepts over taking practice tests when preparing for the bar exam

July 18, 2022

THE NATIONAL JURIST — One of the biggest mistakes you can make while preparing for the bar exam is wasting valuable time doing thousands of multiple-choice questions to improve your accuracy rate. Many bar exam takers waste time and energy on this, only to find out later they failed the bar exam because they didn’t

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The Ohio Bar Association considers removing question about mental disorders from character and fitness application

July 18, 2022

EXPERT LAW REVIEW — It is really common in the present world to find the open experience about physical disorders in the first place. But every person is not in the position to speak about mental disorders because speaking about mental disorder systems is unacceptable in the community and is judged to a great extent.

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Advice for law students remaining calm during the bar exam

June 30, 2022

THE NATIONAL JURIST — On the day of the bar exam, there’s a good chance you may feel some jitters. That’s totally normal! You’ve worked really hard to get to this point and are likely feeling pressure to succeed. However, the last thing you want to do is let your nerves affect your performance. With

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Podcast: How evidence differs from other topics on the Bar Exam

June 21, 2022

BAR EXAM TOOLBOX — Today, we’re focusing on an important topic in Evidence – the Best Evidence Rule, which requires a witness to produce the document whose contents he or she is testifying about.

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ABA data: Two-year bar exam pass rates increase for 2019 law graduates

June 2, 2022

THE NATIONAL JURIST — The ultimate bar passage rate for the nation’s law schools—a measurement of a graduating class’s bar exam success over a two-year period—is trending in the right direction. But arguably a snail could lap it.

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