Legal educators push for Uniform Bar Exam in California
LOS ANGELES TIMES – A growing number of academics are pushing for California to join states that have moved to a test that only focuses on national matters.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES — New York State will begin using a standard bar examination given in 15 other states next summer, making it the largest state so far to adopt what amounts to a national credential for lawyers, the state’s chief judge, Jonathan Lippman, announced on Tuesday.
Read More about New York State will adopt standard bar examination in 2016New UW School of Law program to help minority law students finish degrees and pass bar
THE SEATTLE TIMES — The UW is establishing the Gregoire Fellows, a new program to support nine minority law students each year, guaranteeing them summer fellowships at local law firms, and giving them a mentoring relationship with Gregoire and help studying for the bar exam.
Read More about New UW School of Law program to help minority law students finish degrees and pass barBar passage rates drop in North Carolina
WRAL.COM –In a troubling trend across the nation, more and more law school graduates are failing the bar exam. According to figures from the Board of Law Examiners of the State of North Carolina, the combined pass rate for students at the state’s seven law schools has hit a five-year low.
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NEW YORK TIMES — For decades, law school graduates have endured a stressful rite of passage, spending the first 10 weeks after classes end taking cram courses in the arcane details of the law before sitting down for the grueling, days-long bar exam.
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ABA JOURNAL — Following New York’s lead, bar officials in California are in the process of developing a pro bono program for law students who plan to practice in the state.
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