Opinion: How the bar exam creates barriers to entry in the legal profession
YAHOO!NEWS — As was recently reported by the South Dakota Supreme Court’s Steering Committee, “Nearly all of those who did not pass the bar exam passed the essay portion of the bar, but were unable to pass the multiple-choice portion of the bar exam.” I fall among that category of test-takers.
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LAW.COM — Select California bar exam applicants who complete a sample test written by Kaplan could receive financial incentives and see their actual 2025 exam scores boosted under a plan the state bar submitted to the California Supreme Court this week.
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MICROSOFT START — Three prominent law schools in Pennsylvania have received a significant financial boost to broaden their support services for low-income taxpayers.
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MORE JUST — “More Just,” hosted by Berkeley Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky, is a podcast about how law schools can and must play a role in solving society’s most difficult problems. In this episode, Chemerinsky — a leading scholar in the field who has been teaching the class for decades and is the author of a popular casebook…
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ABA JOURNAL — Writing plays an expanding role in the evolving legal marketing world, and lawyers have much to learn. We must pivot to produce easily digestible content.
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ALABAMA LAW NEWS — In Fall 2021, University of Alabama School of Law Professor Anil Mujumdar and former Dean Mark Brandon began a discussion about finding a new way to increase awareness of and access to the legal profession for undergraduate students.
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ARKADELPHIAN — Ouachita Baptist University has joined the Pathways Program at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law, creating an opportunity there for qualified Ouachita graduates to prepare for a legal career.
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BC LAW — Professor R. Michael Cassidy is no stranger to seeing his work in print. The longtime faculty member is a nationally recognized expert in criminal law and legal ethics.
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BROOKLYN DAILY EAGLE — Brooklyn Law School’s Convocation welcomed more than 400 new students with a ceremony at the Courthouse for the Eastern District of New York on Aug. 19.
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UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — The Army Court of Criminal Appeals (ACCA), a fixture of the American military legal system, will visit the University at Buffalo School of Law this fall.
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