Louisiana grants diploma privilege and allows recent law school graduates to practice without passing bar exam
BEAUREGARD DAILY NEWS — Since Louisiana’s July bar exam was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, recent law school graduates can practice law without the exam, the Louisiana Supreme Court said in an order Wednesday.
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OZARKFIRST.COM — Hundreds of recent law school graduates are calling on the supreme court to postpone an upcoming bar exam.
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LINCOLN JOURNAL-STAR — David Sears was one of three law school graduates in the state to petition the Nebraska Supreme Court last week to allow aspiring attorneys to skip the examination for admission to the bar.
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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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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.
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER — The University of Houston Law Center’s Career Development Office recently hosted a Zoom discussion entitled, “Developing a Career During an Economic Downturn: Advice from Law School Graduates and Veterans of the 2008 Financial Crisis.”
Read More about University of Houston Law hosts panel on navigating legal employment during a recessionCOVID-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BLOOMBERG LAW — A significant number of 2020 law school graduates are having job offers withdrawn or delayed due to fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic, a new survey shows.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 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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