Opinion: The bar exam still has consumer protection value
BLOOMBERG LAW — U.S. Army judge advocate Thomas N. Wheatley discusses why the bar exam should remain as the legal industry’s standard for professional competence. He says it may be imperfect, but it hones “practice-ready” skills, including rapid information synthesis, methodical application of the law, and clear articulation of a soundly reasoned answer.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — The California State Bar’s Board of Trustees approved a plan that would grant temporary licenses to recent law school grads for less than two years.
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SAN FRANSISCO CHRONICLE — Samuel Humy graduated from Cornell Law School this year and moved to California. With a job lined up with the Santa Clara County Public Defender Office, he planned to take the California State Bar exam over the summer and start work in early August as a lawyer.
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REUTERS — The State Bar of California and the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) pushed back this week against claims that the state is discriminating against disabled aspiring lawyers in its upcoming bar exam, which is set to take place mostly online next month.
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ORLANDO SENTINEL — After Ivonne Antonian graduated from Florida A&M University’s law school in Orlando, she lined up a job at the Orange-Osceola Public Defender’s Office and was eager to begin her career as an attorney.
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ABA JOURNAL — State board of law examiners are requiring that people who wish to sit for the October online bar exam take and submit mock exams. However, these mock exams are causing computer problems for some, and software provider ExamSoft is providing little if any assistance, according to people planning to take the exam.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — The District of Columbia has become the fifth jurisdiction to grant certain U.S. law school graduates to be licensed to practice law without taking the bar exam.
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ABA JOURNAL — Among the many worries for people taking recent in-person bar exams during the COVID-19 pandemic, some were logistical: How could they maintain social distancing during the test? Would public restrooms be germ magnets? Could they safely eat with others?
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COURTHOUSE NEWS — With a problematic online bar exam looming less than a month away, a contingent of law school graduates carrying handmade signs gathered Thursday morning on the steps of the California Supreme Court to advocate for admission to the bar based on their past scores.
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ABA JOURNAL — A lawsuit by law graduates who have disabilities says they will be forced to take the California bar exam in person because of a failure to provide accommodations for a remote test.
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