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State Bar & Bar Associations,
Law Practice

Jan. 11, 2021

Bar OKs provisional license for grads back to 2015

The program allows 2020 law school graduates to practice under the supervision of an attorney. After two years, provisional attorneys would have to retake the bar exam.

The State Bar Board of Trustees on Friday approved extending a provisional licensure program to include graduates who took the bar exam from July 2015 to February 2020.

The state Supreme Court ordered the bar in July to create a provisional licensure program to help 2020 graduates affected by the pandemic.

The program allows those who graduated between Dec. 1, 2019, and Dec. 31, 2020 to practice un...

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