New York cancels September bar exam and permits limited practice for first-time test takers
LEXOLOGY — Earlier today, the New York Court of Appeals and the New York Board of Law Examiners announced that it was canceling the New York Bar Exam.
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QUEENS DAILY EAGLE — Christina Lee was set to begin a new job at Legal Aid in September, just after sitting for the bar exam. But that was before the state cancelled the Sept. 10 and 11 lawyer-certification test on Thursday — the second time the Court of Appeals has decided to postpone the exam to…
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DAILY NEWS — New York’s Board of Law Examiners announced last week that after already pushing back the state’s bar exam from July to September, the test would again be put on hold. From a public health perspective, this was the right call — why forcibly subject thousands of people to a two-day indoor exam?
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CBS 17 — With more than 700 people expected to gather in Raleigh next week for the bar exam, some recent law school graduates are raising concerns about the potential spread of COVID-19 and reaching out to Gov. Roy Cooper (D) about the situation.
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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.
Read More about Law graduates concerned about the safety of Wisconsin’s in-person bar examWisconsin keeps July bar exam in person despite safety concerns
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.
Read More about Wisconsin keeps July bar exam in person despite safety concernsPodcast: A look at the push for diploma privilege for new law graduates amid the pandemic
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.
Read More about Podcast: A look at the push for diploma privilege for new law graduates amid the pandemicSome in-person bar exam policies cause controversy with prohibited items
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.
Read More about Some in-person bar exam policies cause controversy with prohibited itemsCOVID-19 disrupts job prospects for law class of 2020
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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