Kentucky Supreme Court cancels in-person bar exam and will offer remote exam in October
NORTHERN KENTUCKY TRIBUNE — The Supreme Court of Kentucky has entered amended order 2020-50 canceling the July 28-29 and Sept. 30-Oct. 1 bar examinations due to ongoing concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. To protect the health and safety of bar applicants, employees and volunteers, the Kentucky Office of Bar Admissions will administer a remote bar examination…
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LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT — After consultation, evaluation and advice from the Louisiana Supreme Court Committee on Bar Admissions and the Deans of the Louisiana Law Schools, it has been determined that administering the Louisiana State Bar Examination on July 27 would be imprudent for health and safety reasons related to the COVID-19 virus.
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CLARION LEDGER — An estimated 160 perspective lawyers scheduled to take the July bar exam in person to become licensed attorneys in Mississippi are being required to sign a form that won’t hold the Board of Bar Admissions liable if they contract COVID-19 while taking the exam.
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MISSOURI LAWYERS MEDIA — The Missouri Supreme Court said July 9 that Missouri’s in-person bar exam will take place as scheduled this month, despite calls from students and the deans of all four of Missouri’s law schools to cancel it as COVID-19 cases rise.
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MISSOULIAN — Graduates from the University of Montana’s law school filed a petition Thursday with the Montana Supreme Court requesting a special exemption from the Montana Bar Exam.
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FLATHEAD BEACON — Law school graduates will not be granted an exemption from the Montana Bar Exam amid the coronavirus pandemic, court officials said. The Montana Supreme Court denied the petition filed last week asking the court to grant graduates diploma privilege, an option that would exempt them from the final exam and fast track…
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KSNB HASTINGS NBC — The Nebraska Supreme Court has rejected a petition to grant all 2020 law graduates a license to practice without taking the bar exam. The petition, filed Friday, sought the change in light of the risk posed by law school graduates congregating in one place to take the exam, the Omaha World-Herald reported.…
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NEW JERSEY GLOBE — A group of recent law school graduates urged the New Jersey Supreme Court to let them practice law without taking the bar exam over concerns that in-person tests slated for September could expose the graduates to the novel coronavirus. The unsigned letter, sent to Chief Justice Stuart Rabner on Saturday, urged to…
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NEW JERSEY GLOBE — New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner announced the state’s September bar exams would be cancelled and replaced by online tests on Oct. 5 and 6. “Like other court functions that have transitioned successfully to remote operations, a remote bar examination will maintain professional standards and public confidence at a time…
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BLOOMBERG LAW — New York should scrap plans for an in-person bar exam this year due to the public health impacts of Covid-19, the No. 2 state Senate Democrat said in raising an issue faced in other states wrestling with how to get graduates through the eligibility step so their careers aren’t delayed.
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