State Bar & Bar Associations,
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Jul. 21, 2020
Supreme Court passes the test on bar exam changes
Embedded in the court’s decision and reasoning to modify the bar exam were changes that will fundamentally change who will be practicing law in California in the future... and these changes are good, fair, and long-overdue.
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.
The deans of the California law schools had a clear, unified message for the California Supreme Court: A decision was desperately needed to address the confusion and disruption being caused by the cancellation of the July 2020 California bar exam. A menu of choices was presented to the court through letters articles, and a Zoom videoconference meeting hosted by the State Bar on July 2.
Last Thursday, the court handed down its decisi...
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