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India dispatches: Delhi law students petition Bar Council for alternative assessment models in second wave after lockdown postponement

JURIST

However, all the law schools of India come under the supervision of the Bar Council of India which maintains the standards of examinations in law schools. Bar Council of India mandated the conduction of postponed exams within one month whenever the University opens after lockdown. She is based in Delhi.].

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America Needs a ‘Lawyers Justice Corps’: Paper

The Crime Report

A Lawyers Justice Corps should replace the bar exam as a certification of competence for new attorneys, argues Touro College Law Prof. Supervisors would certify LJC members after six months of supervised practice, replacing the bar exam while still mandating that LJC members satisfy their state’s other licensing requirements.

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Everything’s Bigger In Texas, Including Legislative Fails– See Also

Above The Law

Bar Exam Blues : Funny how taking an exam in the middle of a pandemic -- while a country tries to undermine your wedding -- can hurt passage rates. 99 Problems And One Of Them Is Bad Media Coverage : Jay-Z gets painted as combative for just showing up in a lawsuit. The Buck Stops.

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These factors help predict whether a law grad will pass the bar on the first or second try, study says

ABA Journal

A survey of law graduates who took the New York bar exam in the years before the COVID-19 pandemic has identified six factors that contribute…

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“Shirley Abrahamson, longest-serving member of Wisconsin Supreme Court, dies at 87”

HowAppealing

Among other things, in the interview Abrahamson discussed Wisconsin’s diploma privilege, a means of becoming certified to practice law that has become the subject of renewed attention as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on administering the traditional bar exam.

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Supreme Court orders another (mostly) remote bar exam

At the Lectern

Saying that the COVID-19 pandemic “continue[s] to severely limit the State Bar’s ability to administer” the bar exam as usual, the Supreme Court today issued an order requiring the July 27 and 28 test to be “administered online as a mostly remotely delivered exam.”

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Your Law Firm’s Employees Cost Too Much to Lose

The Estrin Report

Since the pandemic and the Great Resignation, that has changed. Recently one of my clients told me that her newest hire didn’t pass the bar exam. But the most recent graduating class is the one that spent the most time in law school during the height of the pandemic. And it seems to be showing in bar passage rates.