California Bar offers law graduates higher bar exam scores and payment for completing new sample test
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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BAR EXAM TOOLBOX — This is the second installment of our episodes on partnerships.
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ABA JOURNAL — A student at the DePaul University College of Law has settled a lawsuit claiming that the Chicago Bears football team refused to consider him for a “legal diversity fellow” position because he is a white man.
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ECONOMIC OBSERVATORY — The core functions of lawyers’ practice – providing legal advice and representing clients in court – are deeply rooted in natural language, particularly in the specialised subset known as legal language.
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NATIONAL JURIST — The OECD report suggests potential risks to specific job roles in law firms that could emerge from future AI adoption.
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ABA JOURNAL — Indiana could help address an attorney shortage in underserved communities through law student scholarships and loan-repayment assistance, according to initial recommendations by the Indiana Supreme Court’s Commission on Indiana’s Legal Future.
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REUTERS — Law graduates are awaiting results of the July 2024 bar exam, but early data on the multiple-choice portion of the test indicates that pass rates will be higher this year.
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INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE — Indiana will begin using a new bar exam to admit future attorneys to practice law in the state in July 2028, the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) announced on Aug. 1.
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REUTERS — Aspiring lawyers who are victims of domestic violence or sexual assault should not have to disclose any related legal or police involvement during the attorney admissions process, the American Bar Association said on Tuesday.
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STATELINE — Before Bailey McQueeny-Rose attended law school at the University of Oregon, she worked in reproductive health care, first as a medical assistant and then as a trainer, teaching others to do the same job. The work opened her eyes to how access to health care differed based on the laws in the six…
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