Updated ABA bar pass standard to consider pandemic challenges and students practicing under diploma privilege
ABA JOURNAL — Law schools now must report the number of recent graduates admitted by diploma privilege in their annual questionnaires in addition to those who took and passed a bar exam. In a remote meeting Friday, the council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar adopted the revision as proposed.
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THE RECORDER/LAW.COM — A state bar committee on Friday endorsed a path to full licensure for certain recent law school graduates who have taken but not passed California’s bar exam. The Provisional Licensure Working Group adopted two sets of supervised practice requirements.
Read More about California Bar working group endorses supervised practice requirementsFlorida releases October online bar exam results
CBS 12 — The bar exam was delayed twice as a result of COVID-19, preventing students from getting the opportunity to begin their careers. The test was administered online and students were only tested for Florida-specific laws and not federal laws like previous tests. There was a 72 percent pass rate statewide.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Florida in February will again hold its bar exam remotely to avoid exposing test-takers to the coronavirus, the state’s Supreme Court announced Wednesday as cases spiked in the state. The court didn’t want to risk canceling an in-person test as it did in July amid a worrisome increase in Covid-19 cases.
Read More about Florida to hold February bar exam remotely due to rising COIVD-19 casesSoftware contractor for Georgia bar exam heads to federal court over negligence claims
BLOOMBERG LAW — ILG Technologies LLC convinced a federal judge that only negligent misrepresentation claims can proceed in a case brought by a group of Georgia bar applicants after a software glitch caused them to be wrongly told they failed the exam.
Read More about Software contractor for Georgia bar exam heads to federal court over negligence claimsIndiana to hold February bar exam remotely
WIBC — The Indiana Supreme Court has unanimously ordered adjustments to future bar exams. They are making the adjustments due to concerns about the coronavirus and after reviewing a report called the “Study Commission on the Future of the Indiana Bar Examination.”
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LAW360 — The North Carolina Board of Law Examiners announced Monday it would hold the February 2021 bar exam remotely after refusing to adopt such an option for the July 2020 exam, citing the availability of new options from the National Council of Bar Examiners and the state’s rising COVID-19 cases.
Read More about North Carolina to hold February bar exam remotely due to rising COIVD-19 casesSyracuse Law to use proctoring software for some exams
THE DAILY ORANGE — Syracuse University’s College of Law will begin using a controversial test proctoring software, despite concerns from students and experts that the software is discriminatory and prone to security breaches. The software scans faces, knuckles and student’s IDs to verify students’ identities.
Read More about Syracuse Law to use proctoring software for some examsSome colleges continue pass-fail option for fall semester grades
INSIDE HIGHER ED — Many colleges adopted pass-fail grading policies in the spring term to give students breathing room amid COVID-19 disruptions. Students are again lobbying for such policies for the term that’s swiftly coming to a close. On the whole, students seeking pass-fail policies this term are encountering much more opposition.
Read More about Some colleges continue pass-fail option for fall semester gradesSurvey: Some prospective college students reconsider education plans amid pandemic
INSIDE HIGHER ED — More than one-third of prospective college students are reconsidering higher education in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Further, 43 percent of prospective students for one- and two-year programs are looking to delay enrollment. Those are two findings of a national survey of prospective college students.
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