New Jersey law graduates petition state supreme court to waive bar exam and grant diploma privilege amid pandemic
NEW JERSEY GLOBE — A group of recent law school graduates urged the New Jersey Supreme Court to let them practice law without taking the bar exam over concerns that in-person tests slated for September could expose the graduates to the novel coronavirus. The unsigned letter, sent to Chief Justice Stuart Rabner on Saturday, urged to…
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NEW JERSEY GLOBE — New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner announced the state’s September bar exams would be cancelled and replaced by online tests on Oct. 5 and 6. “Like other court functions that have transitioned successfully to remote operations, a remote bar examination will maintain professional standards and public confidence at a time…
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BLOOMBERG LAW — New York should scrap plans for an in-person bar exam this year due to the public health impacts of Covid-19, the No. 2 state Senate Democrat said in raising an issue faced in other states wrestling with how to get graduates through the eligibility step so their careers aren’t delayed.
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REUTERS — More than 1,500 members of the legal community – including recent law school graduates – signed on to a letter sent Monday to New York’s top appeals court, urging it to reconsider its decision to offer an in-person September bar exam and to hold a public hearing on the matter, amid an uptick in…
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BLOOMBERG LAW — The New York Board of Law Examiners has canceled the state’s September bar exam as a result of ongoing concerns related to the coronavirus pandemic.
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SPECTRUM NEWS — New York law students should be granted a form of diploma privilege to become practicing attorneys after the state bar examination scheduled for September was canceled. Sen. Brad Hoylman and Assemblywoman Jo Ann Simon backed the legislation that would apply to law school graduates for the duration of the declared state of emergency for the coronavirus…
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SPECTRUM NEWS — He’s one of about 700 people slated to take the exam in fewer than three weeks. “We have to make a decision between our personal health and the health of our families and our career,” Rodrigues says. Unable to gain a firm grip over the pandemic, more than 30 states have canceled, postponed, or…
Read More about North Carolina law graduates petition state court for diploma privilegeOklahoma law students seek alternatives to in-person bar exam to enter profession
KOCO ABC NEWS — Some law students are signing an open letter to Oklahoma Supreme Court Chief Justice Noma Gurich, asking the court to put some kind of alternative in place for the bar exam as concerns about the test being a super-spreader event for COVID-19 grow.
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THE NORMAN TRANSCRIPT — An online petition asking for a more flexible fall semester has received more than 1,500 signatures of support from University of Oklahoma students, employees and community members with significant concerns about returning to campus.
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10 NEWS NBC — The Tennessee Supreme Court canceled July’s Bar Exam because of the coronavirus pandemic. Newly graduated law students are looking for answers for an uncertain future. The test was originally scheduled for July 28, but around 3 weeks before the exam, the state rescheduled it for September and October.
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