State Bar & Bar Associations,
Legal Education,
California Supreme Court
Jun. 19, 2020
Delayed bar exam creates missed opportunities for law graduates
July bar applicants may now have to wait until October to take the California bar exam according to the California Supreme Court. Last week, the Court notified the State Bar Board of Trustees that it is considering delaying the summer bar exam until October so that California applicants can be provided an online bar exam option.
Mitchel L. Winick
President and Dean
Monterey College of Law
Mitchel is president and dean of a non-profit California accredited law school system that includes Monterey College of Law, San Luis Obispo College of Law, and Kern County College of Law. He was one of eight deans invited by the California Supreme Court to an informal meeting in October 2019 to discuss concerns about the California bar exam. He is former chair of the Committee of Bar Examiners Rules Advisory Committee and a former member of the Law School Council representing the California Accredited Law Schools.
July bar applicants may now have to wait until October to take the California bar exam according to the California Supreme Court. Last week, the court notified the State Bar Board of Trustees that it is considering delaying the summer bar exam until October so that California applicants can be provided an online bar exam option. The court was responding to a decision by the National Conference of Bar Examiners that it will not provide California, or any other of the 5...
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