A look at the new alternatives to the Washington Bar Exam for law licensing
THE SEATTLE TIMES — For first time in state history lawyers won’t be required to take the state bar exam to show competency to earn a law license. Washington joins Oregon as the only two states with alternatives to the bar exam.
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THE LEWISTONE TRIBUNE — For first time in state history lawyers won’t be required to take the state bar exam to show competency to earn a law license. Washington joins Oregon as the only two states with alternatives to the bar exam.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Around five billion people worldwide lack access to justice, posing a challenge to rule of law and societal development
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JDSUPRA — When AI innovator OpenAI released ChatGPT in November of 2022, it sent shockwaves through the world, from tech leaders to academia. Quickly, stories surfaced of people using ChatGPT to “cheat,” from students turning in papers written by the app to lawyers filing briefs that cited cases that didn’t exist.
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REUTERS — State Bar of California trustees on Thursday voted to pursue a $125 increase in the mandatory fees attorneys will pay in 2025 — lower than the $150 jump they indicated they would seek earlier this month.
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THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA — The State Bar’s Annual Diversity Report Card released today highlights the demographic composition of California’s 2023 attorney population and, for the first time, analyzes changing trends in demographic representation since 2019.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Oregon’s new Supervised Practice Portfolio Examination (SPPE), which will allow ABA-accredited law school graduates to join the state’s bar by completing a legal apprenticeship instead of taking the bar exam, could serve as a model for other states as scrutiny of the current bar exam mounts.
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CATO INSTITUTE — Jokes about the abundance of “ambulance chasers” aside, the fact is that some parts of America face a shortage of lawyers rather than the surplus that those critical of the profession might expect.
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THE STATE BAR OF CALIFORNIA NEWS CENTER — The State Bar’s Annual Diversity Report Card released today highlights the demographic composition of California’s 2023 attorney population and, for the first time, analyzes changing trends in demographic representation since 2019.
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Oregon’s new Supervised Practice Portfolio Examination (SPPE), which will allow ABA-accredited law school graduates to join the state’s bar by completing a legal apprenticeship instead of taking the bar exam, could serve as a model for other states as scrutiny of the current bar exam mounts.
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