Nevada keeps online bar exam and rejects request for diploma privilege
THE NEVADA INDEPENDENT — After more than 170 comments bombarded the Supreme Court over the last three days, the court’s seven justices denied a petition to allow law school graduates to temporarily practice without passing the bar in an order issued late Wednesday.
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THE NEVADA INDEPENDENT — Dozens of lawyers, law school graduates and other legal professionals inundated the state Supreme Court with more than 60 comments Monday ahead of a decision this week on whether plans for a modified bar exam will move ahead amid lingering technology and safety concerns.
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BAKERSFIELD.COM — For more than three decades, California has clung to one of the nation’s toughest testing standards for law school students hoping to practice law in the most populous state in the country.
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NONPROFIT QUARTERLY — COVID-19 isolation has interrupted many traditions and traditional patterns of living in the US, from graduations and weddings to work schedules and daycare options—and for the most part, there’s not much we can do about it.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Britni Prybol graduated from law school in North Carolina in May, eager to start a career as a patent attorney. But she isn’t taking the state’s bar exam held on July 28 and 29.
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LAW360 — The National Conference of Bar Examiners, state courts and other stakeholders have badly bungled the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, an article in the fall issue of Howard Law Journal argues, but the crisis could offer an opportunity for the legal community to reconsider the status quo.
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BLOOMBERG — Duke Law School Prof Marin Levy discusses the Supreme Court justices and lack of transparency on health issues. Bloomberg Industry Group’s Sam Skolnick discusses Issues with taking the bar exam during pandemic.
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KJZZ 91.5 — More than 400 people are registered to sit for the bar exam on Tuesday amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Arizona Supreme Court, which is responsible for administering the test, rented additional space at the Phoenix Convention Center. A spokesman for the court said there’s plenty of room for social distancing to ensure…
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47 ABC — Hundreds of recent law school graduates will have to wait until next year to take the state’s bar exam. This comes after the Delaware Supreme Court and Board of Bar Examiners canceled the test that was already rescheduled from July to September.
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THE GARDEN ISLAND — Bar exam applicants can receive a temporary license to practice law in the state as an alternative to the written test during the coronavirus pandemic, the Hawaii Supreme Court announced this week.
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