COVID-19 disrupts job prospects for law class of 2020
BLOOMBERG LAW — A significant number of 2020 law school graduates are having job offers withdrawn or delayed due to fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, a new survey shows.
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THE WASHINGTON POST — Here’s something else that the covid-19 pandemic has upended: bar exams that law school graduates take to be able to practice law.
Read More about Opinion: Pandemic provides opportunity to reflect on necessity of bar examLaw graduates wary of security and technical issues with online bar exams
THE HILL — Thousands of law school graduates are gearing up to take the bar exam online this year as the COVID-19 pandemic hinders plans to hold the test in person. But with states allowing recent graduates to take the exam remotely in large numbers for the first time, test-takers are increasingly worried that security and…
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ALABAMA POLITICAL REPORTER — Recent law school graduates in Alabama say they’re concerned they have to take the state’s bar exam in person later this month, or during an alternate exam session set for September, even as the state endures surging COVID-19 cases and a pandemic that appears to be nowhere near under control.
Read More about Alabama law school graduates raise concerns over planned in-person bar examsArizona keeps in-person bar exam despite law graduates’ concern about safety
TUSCON WEEKLY — The Bar Exam has long been seen as the moment of reckoning for hopeful law students, but with Arizona COVID cases skyrocketing, the test pressure is higher than ever before. The Arizona Bar Exam is now less than two weeks away, and the state Supreme Court intends to move forward with an in-person…
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4029 NEWS — Arkansas State Supreme Court ruled this week that the state in-person bar exam would go forward. It has been set since before the COVID-19 pandemic began for July 28 & 29.
Read More about Arkansas Supreme Court keeps in-person bar exam in JulyOpinion: California should look at the necessity of the bar exam amid pandemic
LOS ANGELES TIMES — The state Supreme Court, the State Bar of California and about 9,000 recent law school graduates find themselves in a jam. It is almost the traditional time for the July bar exam, the annual hazing ritual that determines whether students have wasted three years of their lives or, instead, will be licensed…
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THE SACRAMENTO BEE — California is refusing to cancel its bar exam despite complications created by the COVID-19 pandemic — but is offering would-be lawyers the option of taking an online test or accepting a “provisional” license that’s good for up to two years.
Read More about California schedules remote bar exam in October and lowers bar pass score permanentlyCalifornia to allow temporary practice for some law graduates amid bar exam delays
BLOOMBERG LAW — California’s highest court is delaying the state’s online bar exam until October and will allow some law school graduates to practice temporarily before passing the test, moves made in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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CPR NEWS — The Colorado Supreme Court announced updated protocols to the upcoming bar exam in response to a group of law students advocating to cancel the test due to the coronavirus pandemic. Under the new guidelines, law students will be able to transfer their applications for the July exam to the February test date and apply…
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