State Bar & Bar Associations
Dec. 1, 2023
California bar exam unnecessarily screens out potential excellent lawyers
Many legal services organizations and legal aid attorneys strongly support the proposed pilot creating a portfolio alternative to the state bar exam.
Claudia B. Center
Legal Director
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund
3075 Adeline Street, Suite 210
Berkeley , CA 94703
Phone: (510) 644-2555
Fax: (510) 841-8645
Email: ccenter@dredf.org
UC Berkeley SOL; Berkeley CA
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
A recent article about a portfolio alternative to the Bar Exam (“ State Bar sends Supreme Court another unpopular alternative to the exam,” Nov. 20) focused primarily on opposition to the idea. However, many legal services organizations and legal aid attorneys strongly support the proposed pilot creating a portfolio alternative to the bar exam. Twenty-three IOLTA-funded organizations joined an Oct. 25 letter of support...
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