Utah emergency bar order and the high costs of our bar federalism

April 21, 2020

PrawfsBlawg (By Dan Rodriguez) — Professor Rodriguez (Northwestern Law) analyzes the Utah Supreme Court’s decision to enact emergency diploma privilege for some of the state’s law school graduates.

Read More about Utah emergency bar order and the high costs of our bar federalism

Some thoughts about ‘bar exam federalism’

April 21, 2020

Excess of Democracy (By Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Pepperdine Law) discusses Professor Rodriguez’s (Northwestern Law) blog post on Utah’s emergency diploma privilege ruling for some of the state’s law school graduates.

Read More about Some thoughts about ‘bar exam federalism’

More on the Utah bar proposal

April 21, 2020

PrawfsBlog (By Dan Rodriguez) — Professor Rodriguez (Northwestern Law) provides additional thoughts on Utah’s emergency diploma privilege proposal for some new law graduates.

Read More about More on the Utah bar proposal

Heat and light over the Utah bar diploma privilege proposal

April 21, 2020

Excess of Democracy (By Derek T. Muller) — Professor Muller (Pepperdine Law) reviews the varied reactions to Utah’s emergency diploma privilege proposal for some new law graduates.

Read More about Heat and light over the Utah bar diploma privilege proposal

Licensing Lawyers in a Pandemic: Proving Competence

April 21, 2020

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Paul Caron (Pepperdine Law) shares a Harvard Law Review blog post on assessing a law graduate’s ability to practice law in lieu of the ability to safely administer a bar exam. The post was authored by Claudia Angelos (NYU Law), Mary Lu Bilek (CUNY Law), Carol Chomsky (University of Minnesota Law),…

Read More about Licensing Lawyers in a Pandemic: Proving Competence

July Bar Exam Update: District of Columbia, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Wyoming

April 21, 2020

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Paul Caron shares July bar exam updates from select states. The New Hampshire bar exam will not be administered in July. The North Dakota bar exam will proceed as scheduled, but limited to only 85 examinees. The Wyoming Supreme Court adopted a temporary admittance rule on the condition the…

Read More about July Bar Exam Update: District of Columbia, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Wyoming

July Bar Exam Update: Alaska, Guam

April 21, 2020

TaxProf Blog (By Paul Caron) — Dean Paul Caron shares July bar exam updates from select states: Alaska & Guam’s July 2020 bar exams have been rescheduled to September 9-10, 2020.

Read More about July Bar Exam Update: Alaska, Guam

New York State Bar Association Leads with Bar Exam Questions

April 21, 2020

Best Practices for Legal Education (By Patricia E. Salkin) — Professor Salkin (Touro Law) analyzes the recommendations of a New York State Bar Association task force regarding the Uniform Bar Exam.

Read More about New York State Bar Association Leads with Bar Exam Questions

Unanswered Questions

April 21, 2020

Law School Academic Support Blog (By Marsha Griggs) — Professor Griggs (Washburn Law) predicts the changes and challenges law students will face in pursuit of their education and taking the bar exam during the pandemic.

Read More about Unanswered Questions

The Next New Normal in Law, Dispute Resolution and Legal Education

April 21, 2020

Indisputably (By John Lande) — Professor Lande (Missouri Law) discusses how disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic will bring about inevitable changes in legal education and dispute resolution.

Read More about The Next New Normal in Law, Dispute Resolution and Legal Education