Lewis & Clark Law professor Lydia Loren partners with AccessLex on affordable bar exam preparation program
LEWIS AND CLARK LAW SCHOOL — Professor Lydia Loren is using her expertise in Real Property to make bar review more affordable for law students. In December, Professor Loren filmed 12 course modules for Helix Bar Review by AccessLex, a new bar review program being brought to market by AccessLex Institute.
Read More about Lewis & Clark Law professor Lydia Loren partners with AccessLex on affordable bar exam preparation programUniversity of San Francisco Law graduates celebrate bar exam success
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO — On the October 2020 California bar exam, USF School of Law’s pass rate for first-time takers increased to 81%, a significant improvement over last year’s results. Amid the pandemic, test takers faced considerable obstacles, including the transition to an online exam format and the postponement of the test.
Read More about University of San Francisco Law graduates celebrate bar exam successABA House of Delegates approves resolution urging bar examiners to allow test-takers to carry feminine hygiene products into bar exam sites
ABA JOURNAL — The right of bar examinees to bring tampons and pads with them was addressed in a measure overwhelmingly approved by the House of Delegates at the ABA Midyear Meeting on Monday. Resolution 105 calls on the bar admission authority in each jurisdiction to permit test-takers to take menstrual products into the bar exam.
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ABA JOURNAL — Provisional licensure applications, for people who recently did not pass the California bar exam but would have with the new cut score, are now open. People who took the California bar exam between July 2015 and February 2020 and scored no lower than 1390 on the exam are eligible, according to a news release.
Read More about California opens applications for retroactive bar admission under new lower bar exam pass scoreTexas Board of Law Examiners offers make-up bar exam in March for those affected by storm
ABA JOURNAL — Following Texas’ freezing February weather, which led to power outages, disrupted water service and more than 20 deaths, according to CNN, the Texas Board of Law Examiners announced Friday that it would offer a makeup bar exam in March in addition to the test that starts Tuesday. The makeup exam is remote.
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UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — UC Davis Law’s annual swearing-in ceremony, drew more than 150 people, including recent King Hall graduates who passed the California Bar Exam and the friends and family members who came online to cheer them on. Dean Kevin R. Johnson noted the exceptional accomplishments of the class of 2020.
Read More about UC Davis Law graduates sworn into California Bar during virtual ceremonyReport: Among states offering both online and in-person bar exams, in-person test-takers had higher pass rates
ABA JOURNAL — Most jurisdictions saw bar exam pass rates increase in 2020, regardless of whether they had in-person or online exams. However, in three states that offered both types of exams, online test-takers didn’t do as well. Many candidates were slower with practice essays on the online platform.
Read More about Report: Among states offering both online and in-person bar exams, in-person test-takers had higher pass ratesLawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law seeks to stop California’s use of facial recognition technology for its online bar exam
ABA JOURNAL — The use of facial recognition technology with the remote bar exam could have an unlawful disparate impact on test-takers who are women or people of color, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law wrote in a Feb. 10 demand letter, which was sent to the State Bar of California.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Washington D.C. will hold its July bar exam remotely, the third time in a row it has taken such a step, which other states are likely to follow. The decision is “in light of continued pandemic conditions, to protect the health and safety of examinees, proctors, and court staff.”
Read More about District of Columbia sets remote format for July 2021 bar examOpinion: Should Oregon keep diploma privilege for law graduates after the pandemic?
THE BULLETIN — The Oregon Supreme Court granted what’s called “diploma privilege” in June 2020. People who had graduated from law school could become lawyers without taking the bar exam for a limited time. Should Oregon keep that in place? Legislators recently discussed the issue with representatives from the Oregon Bar Association.
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