State Bar & Bar Associations,
Legal Education
Jul. 10, 2020
Plans for the bar exam fail to stand up to close scrutiny
The California State Bar’s plans for the upcoming October bar exam rely on a dubious, unprecedented version of the multi-state bar exam, fail to protect the public from incompetent or unethical lawyers, and, worst of all, needlessly require students with disabilities and students who cannot afford adequate internet bandwidth to expose themselves to the coronavirus.
Michael Hunter Schwartz
Dean
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
The California State Bar's plans for the upcoming October bar exam rely on a dubious, unprecedented version of the multi-state bar exam, fail to protect the public from incompetent or unethical lawyers, and, worst of all, needlessly require students with disabilities and students who cannot afford adequate internet bandwidth to expose themselves to the coronavirus. Given our unprecedented moment, the State Bar should follow the lead of Wisconsin, Washington, Oregon an...
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