Several states hold in-person bar exams despite health concerns of test-takers
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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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.
Read More about Delaware bar exam cancellation leaves law graduates’ careers on holdDeans and lawyers applaud Louisiana Supreme Court for waiving the bar exam for recent graduates
TULANE NEWS — The deans of Louisiana’s four law schools and 16 prominent leaders of the Louisiana bar, including eight past presidents, have joined in commending the Louisiana Supreme Court for its recent decision to waive the bar exam for recent graduates.
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THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW — As a law student at Gonzaga University, Allison Drescher spent three years preparing for the bar examination – two consecutive days of multiple-choice questions and complicated essay prompts that test not only the legal wit of aspiring lawyers but also their mental stamina.
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UCLA SCHOOL OF LAW — ecent UCLA School of Law graduate Dellara Gorjian ’20 has received the UC President’s Award for Outstanding Student Leadership for her advocacy on behalf of DACA recipients.
Read More about UCLA Law student Dellara Gorjian receives UC President’s Award for student leadershipFordham Law student Elias Wright wins UNC Center for Media Law and Policy competition
FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Recent graduate Elias Wright ’20 was awarded first place and a prize of $1,000 in the UNC Center for Media Law and Policy’s second annual James R. Cleary Prize competition for his student note, “The Future of Facial Recognition Is Not Fully Known: Developing Privacy and Security Regulatory Mechanisms for Facial…
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UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA CAREY LAW SCHOOL — On July 31, the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School virtually welcomed the LLM Class of 2021. The class was chosen from over 1,500 applicants from 70 different countries.
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IDAHO STATESMAN — In an emergency order Monday, the Idaho Supreme Court decided to allow recent law graduates to take the bar exam online and extended the period in which graduates can be temporarily licensed to practice law.
Read More about Idaho Supreme Court order creates online October bar examKansas law students advocate for diploma privilege to enter practice amid pandemic
KSN 3 NBC — The Kansas Bar Exam is next week and students and faculty from the state’s law schools are advocating for a measure that would side-step the exam.
Read More about Kansas law students advocate for diploma privilege to enter practice amid pandemicOpinion: Cancellation of Louisiana bar exam puts lives on hold for law graduates
THE ADVOCATE — On July 15, just 12 days before recent law school graduates were scheduled to take the most consequential exam of their lives, the Louisiana Supreme Court and the Committee on Bar Admissions announced the cancellation of administration of both in-person and remote bar exams.
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