Law graduates concerned about the safety of Wisconsin’s in-person bar exam
THE CAP TIMES — Less than two weeks before Wisconsin’s bar exam, University of Iowa College of Law grad Taylor Soule finds herself vacillating between taking practice tests and hoping the event she’s studying for won’t happen at all.
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MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL — With a week to go before the Wisconsin bar exam, those registered to sit for the two-day test in Madison aren’t just cramming, they’re worried about getting sick.
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LEXOLOGY — In this episode of Remotely Ethical, we discuss advocacy efforts around the country to eliminate the bar exam and implement a “diploma privilege” that would allow graduates of accredited law schools to practice law without passing the bar.
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ABA JOURNAL — There are many things the National Conference of Bar Examiners thinks test-takers should not bring to a bar exam in the interest of test security—but tampons and sanitary napkins are not on the list, says Judith Gundersen, the NCBE’s president and CEO.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — A significant number of 2020 law school graduates are having job offers withdrawn or delayed due to fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, a new survey shows.
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THE WASHINGTON POST — Here’s something else that the covid-19 pandemic has upended: bar exams that law school graduates take to be able to practice law.
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THE HILL — Thousands of law school graduates are gearing up to take the bar exam online this year as the COVID-19 pandemic hinders plans to hold the test in person. But with states allowing recent graduates to take the exam remotely in large numbers for the first time, test-takers are increasingly worried that security and…
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ALABAMA POLITICAL REPORTER — Recent law school graduates in Alabama say they’re concerned they have to take the state’s bar exam in person later this month, or during an alternate exam session set for September, even as the state endures surging COVID-19 cases and a pandemic that appears to be nowhere near under control.
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TUSCON WEEKLY — The Bar Exam has long been seen as the moment of reckoning for hopeful law students, but with Arizona COVID cases skyrocketing, the test pressure is higher than ever before. The Arizona Bar Exam is now less than two weeks away, and the state Supreme Court intends to move forward with an in-person…
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4029 NEWS — Arkansas State Supreme Court ruled this week that the state in-person bar exam would go forward. It has been set since before the COVID-19 pandemic began for July 28 & 29.
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