July California Bar Exam to be administered online in September
ABA JOURNAL — Because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the California bar exam is postponed from July until Sept. 9 and 10, and the state supreme court wants the bar to be online with remote or electronic proctoring.
Read More about July California Bar Exam to be administered online in SeptemberPennsylvania reschedules July bar exam to September and institutes limited license for new law graduates
PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE — The Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners has rescheduled the July 2020 exam for September 9 and 10 because of safety and health considerations associated with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More about Pennsylvania reschedules July bar exam to September and institutes limited license for new law graduatesNew Mexico postpones July bar exam until September
KRQE — The state Supreme Court has postponed the bar exam over the public health emergency. The test is required for law school graduates and attorneys looking to practice law in the state. The court expects to reschedule the exam for September 9 and 10, although a date has not been finalized.
Read More about New Mexico postpones July bar exam until SeptemberLaw schools adapting LLM programs online
LLM GUIDE — In the short term, hundreds of law schools around the world are managing the disruption caused by the crisis by locking down campuses and moving teaching online to protect the health of students and staff. The coronavirus is quickening uptake among law schools, many of whom were slow to adapt to digital delivery…
Read More about Law schools adapting LLM programs onlineLaw students discusses experience in clinics during pandemic
ABA JOURNAL — Clinical law students across the country face similar situations, and some say their work helping clients remotely is now much different and more difficult because of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it comes closer to real-life lawyering than ever before, according to some law professors who direct the clinics.
Read More about Law students discusses experience in clinics during pandemicChinese University of Hong Kong Law leadership discusses the impact of COVID-19 on legal education
ABA JOURNAL — Ari Kaplan recently spoke with Lutz-Christian Wolff, Stephen Gallagher and Joyce Wong—the dean, associate dean for teaching and learning and the faculty secretary, respectively—of the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s law faculty, about the COVID-19 pandemic and a potentially new era of legal education.
Read More about Chinese University of Hong Kong Law leadership discusses the impact of COVID-19 on legal educationRutgers and Seton Hall law schools delay on-campus interviews
LAW 360 — Students at Rutgers University and Seton Hall University law schools will be able to get another semester of letter grades under their belts before seeking associate positions, as the institutions announced plans Monday to delay on-campus interviews by a few months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read More about Rutgers and Seton Hall law schools delay on-campus interviewsList of law firms announcing budget cuts
ABA JOURNAL — At least a dozen more large and midsized law firms cut pay and furloughed employees in the past week because of the novel coronavirus pandemic. But it’s not nearly enough, according to a former BigLaw lawyer who once worked as a consultant.
Read More about List of law firms announcing budget cutsExperts fear law firm cuts could disproportionately affect women and attorneys of color
BLOOMBERG LAW — Firms are turning to layoffs, pay cuts, and furloughs to weather the economic storm caused by the pandemic, and diversity experts are anxious that minority lawyers and the efforts designed to help them could bear the worst of the financial pain.
Read More about Experts fear law firm cuts could disproportionately affect women and attorneys of colorOpinion: Law professors urge courts to consider these three bar exam alternatives for new law graduates
LAW 360 — Will bar exams be offered in July? Or even in September? The continued course of the COVID-19 pandemic casts grave doubt on the viability of in-person licensing exams this year. Even if states are able to lift their most restrictive measures, prohibitions on large gatherings are likely to remain in place.
Read More about Opinion: Law professors urge courts to consider these three bar exam alternatives for new law graduates