State Bar & Bar Associations
Apr. 28, 2021
Blue Ribbon Commission named to study future of bar exam
The group will consider whether to adopt a uniform bar exam to make it easier to become licensed in other states and whether a bar exam is necessary to determine minimum competence or if the topics and legal skills in the current exam should be updated.
The state Supreme Court announced the 19 members of a Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of the California Bar on Tuesday. The group is a joint effort between the court and the State Bar.
One of the members, Susan S. Bakhshian, clinical professor and director of bar programs at Loyola Law School, said the group has a monumental task.
“We’re a large, diverse state and we need a large, diverse prof...
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