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Afghanistan dispatch: The Taliban’s new bar exam procedures and the notable absence of new women attorneys

JURIST

The organization of the ministry has been expanded to include the bar directorate, and a procedure was later created to govern its daily operations. In accordance to this procedure, in order to practice law in Afghanistan, every licensed attorney is required to pass a new evaluation exam. Answer : Yes, I did. Answer : No.

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Next-Gen Bar Exam That Truly Tests Daily Practice Skills Must Include Technology

LawTechnologyToday

Law schools also have an ethical obligation to train technology competency skills and offer basic technology training in required first-year legal practice courses and upper-level legal technology courses. He encouraged attorneys to know enough word processing to edit documents. “A This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone.

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The War On The Bar Exam — See Also

Above The Law

The End Of The Bar Exam? Biglaw Partner Classes Are Getting Bigger: Gotta stop those valuable associates from jumping ship. Defense Attorney's Gross Attempt To Weaponize Race: In the case of the murder of Ahmaud Arbery. I mean, probably not, but they're asking the Supreme Court to weigh in. Want A Job At A Top Law Firm?

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It's Time To Upgrade Our Attorney Licensure Rules

Law 360

The bar exam does a poor job of testing the skills employers expect from new lawyers, and those who pass the bar can practice indefinitely without independent oversight, so states should consider alternative means for assuring competence and personal stability for new as well as experienced lawyers, says David Friedman at Willamette University.

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More on the Patent Attorney Rolls

Patently O

The USPTO Office of Enrollment & Discipline’s list of registered patent attorneys and agents includes 48,625 individuals. One example is my colleague Professor Royce Barondes who passed the patent bar exam prior to law school and then never practiced in the field.

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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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What Really is the Distinction In between Paralegal and a Litigator?

LDA PRO

After all, in many countries, there are already paralegal businesses that provide services that may appear to everybody to be comparable to those provided by an attorney. There is some similarity in the responsibilities done by attorneys and paralegals. Study and education. Which the lawyer obviously lacks.

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