Above The Law

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Congrats to those who passed the most recent NY bar exam! The post The New York Bar Exam Is Remarkably Consistent appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

This law school really helps students pass the big test. The post Students At This Law School Do Way Better On The Bar Exam Than Expected appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

JULY 29, 2022

The post Be Prepared To Be Terrified: Bar Exam Horror Stories! appeared first on Above the Law. Nightmare fuel.

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Above The Law

JULY 5, 2023

Some wisdom for those who are currently studying for the bar exam. The post Kim Kardashian Shares A Valuable Lesson Learned From Failing The Baby Bar Exam appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

JUNE 8, 2022

The post Preparing For The Bar Exam appeared first on Above the Law. It's that time of year.

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Above The Law

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The post Kim Kardashian Passes The Baby Bar Exam appeared first on Above the Law. Congratulations!

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The post It Just Got Easier To Pass The Bar Exam In One State appeared first on Above the Law. The lawyerly rite of passage is just a little less stressful -- for some folks.

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Above The Law

MARCH 4, 2024

The post A Florida Law School Is Teaching Its First Class Of Bar Takers appeared first on Above the Law. We love to see it!

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 4, 2022

You didn’t take the bar exam. That’s probably because you didn’t go to law school. Law school is hard. Your first year is an elaborate hazing ritual in which we law professors pull out your brain and put it back in upside down. The bar exam. Good for you.

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Above The Law

JULY 24, 2023

Start preparing yourselves now for your impending doom. The post How To Fail The Bar Exam With Comedic Flair appeared first on Above the Law.

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InHouseBlog

JANUARY 9, 2023

If AI passes the bar exam, it certainly will not have trouble crafting a 62-page critical client memorandum that finishes with an unequivocal “maybe” Then it may move swiftly to increase 6-minute billing increments to half-hours (have to charge up those batteries and electricity isn’t cheap!), How did it do?

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LawTechnologyToday

APRIL 18, 2023

Law schools have a duty to maintain a rigorous program of legal education and enable students to develop their professional identity. The National Conference of Bar Examiners has announced that the next generation of the bar exam will debut in 2026. and/or Comment 8.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Stephanie Acosta at UWorld discusses how law students and law schools can start preparing now for the new bar exam launching in 2026, which is expected to emphasize real-world lawyering skills-based tasks over rote memorization.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The End Of The Bar Exam? Biglaw Partner Classes Are Getting Bigger: Gotta stop those valuable associates from jumping ship. Want A Job At A Top Law Firm? Check out these law schools. I mean, probably not, but they're asking the Supreme Court to weigh in.

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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The Virginia House of Delegates on Friday passed a bill allowing students at approved law schools to take the bar exam after completing five semesters…

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ALPS

MARCH 29, 2023

Spare Yourself Headaches I n Your Law Practice by Following these Helpful Communication Tips: Hard to believe that around this time 20 years ago I was finishing up law school at Mercer University School of Law and would soon be prepping for the Georgia bar exam. 

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Above The Law

JANUARY 24, 2023

New York prepares to put women's rights on the ballot. One Doesn't Really Just "Pass" The Bar : Liz Gil makes her debut by sharing her hang-ups on the bar exam. Most People Look At Law School As An Investment : These schools have much quicker returns. Is This The Era Of ERA?

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JURIST

JULY 18, 2023

During my first week in Accra, I had the opportunity to join Ghanaian law students from GIMPA Law School, one of the most prestigious university law faculties in Ghana, for a dinner. As we enjoyed jollof rice and stew, we compared notes on our respective law school experiences.

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At the Lectern

JANUARY 13, 2021

Saying that the Supreme Court “chose to duly play its part in a system designed to exclude,” Shandyn Pierce, a member of the UC Hastings College of Law class of 2020, writes a scathing column in The Recorder criticizing the court’s handling of the latest bar exam, which he passed.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Rankings aren't everything.

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The Crime Report

JUNE 22, 2021

A Lawyers Justice Corps should replace the bar exam as a certification of competence for new attorneys, argues Touro College Law Prof. Thomas Law Journal. Under the proposal, recent law school graduates would work for legal organizations that serve under-represented populations for at least one year.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 6, 2021

I was recently asked how I was able (finally) to pass the Texas Bar Exam while also struggling with cocaine addiction and alcohol use disorder (alcoholism). Here is my answer.

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LDA PRO

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Both are required to conduct extensive study and draught court documentation for the matter they are working on. A paralegal’s primary responsibility is case preparation, which includes gathering information about a case, preparing reports, filing and organizing relevant documentation, and scheduling interviews and depositions.

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Above The Law

JULY 13, 2021

The benefits of moderation.

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Above The Law

MAY 26, 2021

Kim Still Not A Baby Lawyer : In fairness, it's tough to study when distracted by a husband doing. Sir, This Is A Wendy's : It's not quite that bad, but one law professor bundled all of his law school complaints into an article about the bar exam for some reason. whatever the hell it was Kanye was doing.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

NY blames the pass rate on repeat test takers.

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Above The Law

MAY 8, 2023

Talk about a low BAR! The post California’s Reputation As The Hardest State To Pass The Bar In Just Got A Little Stronger appeared first on Above the Law. Okay, that one was bad. I'll leave.

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LawSites

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Most popular this year: My interview with Daniel Martin Katz and Michael Bommarito just after their first try at having GPT take the bar exam. Can GPT Pass the Bar Exam? Casetext’s Three Top Execs On CoCounsel, GPT-4 and ‘A New Age in the Practice of Law’. Top 15 of 2023 1. We Find Out.

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The Estrin Report

MARCH 2, 2023

There was always a new paralegal that could be hired or another lawyer graduating from law school. Table of contents The Power Has Shifted to Employees Why You Should Care About the Cost of Employee Turnover What Does It Cost to Replace a Young Attorney in Your Law Firm? She was top of her class and law review.

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Above The Law

JANUARY 18, 2023

If only there were a way for law school to prepare us for the practice of law. The post I Get The Feeling South Dakota’s Supreme Court Doesn’t Think Fondly Of Diploma Privilege appeared first on Above the Law. Shame about that.

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InHouseBlog

APRIL 27, 2022

Fortunately, the ABA Journal has gathered some experts and put together a fantastic set of tips that are worth a look by all lawyers – corporate counsel and law firm lawyers alike. Applying to law school, figuring out how to pay tuition, taking finals and studying for the bar exam are difficult enough.

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At the Lectern

JANUARY 28, 2021

Merrill Balassone in a California Courts news release: “The California Supreme Court on Thursday issued an order expanding the pathway to a California law license, allowing thousands more law school graduates with qualifying prior bar exam scores to work as fully licensed attorneys after completing supervised practice hours.”

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LawSites

DECEMBER 27, 2023

Two popular stories were about GPT taking the bar exam: one in March when GPT passed the bar exam, and the second in November when it passed the legal ethics exam. GPT Takes the Bar Exam Again; This Time It Scores Among Top 10% of Test Takers (March 14, 2023).

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Paralegal Bootcamp

MAY 11, 2023

Meet Our Guest Expert Mike Quartararo is the President of the Association of Certified E-Discovery Specialists (ACEDS), the world’s leading organization for training and certification in e-discovery. He also operates a successful consulting practice that provides guidance to corporate legal departments and law firms.

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LawSites

JULY 9, 2021

In this guest post, Laura Lee Norris , director of the program, and Mark Michels , lecturer in law, describe the program and how it prepares students for careers as tech lawyers in Silicon Valley. Santa Clara University School of Law graduated its first Tech Edge JD cohort in May 2021.

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Patently O

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Since there are no annual dues, CLE requirement, or even check-in many folks continue to stay on the rolls even though they are not practicing patent law. 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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The Legal Ease

JULY 23, 2020

In this week that NY law grads were originally scheduled to be taking the bar exam, the New York State Court of Appeals (the highest court in the state) has announced a revision of its rules to temporarily authorize qualifying graduates of ABA-accredited law schools to practice law in New York under supervision pending their admission to the bar.

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