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South Dakota’s Pilot Bar Alternative Switches Out Studying Outlines For Community Service

Above The Law

The Public Opinion has coverage: As many as 50 South Dakota law students will be able to bypass the bar exam over the next five years under a set of rules for alternative licensure recently approved by the state Supreme Court. The program will be open to up to 10 USD law students a year over a period of five years.

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Ghana dispatch: local law students fight an expensive, uphill battle to enter a bar protecting its prestige

JURIST

During my first week in Accra, I had the opportunity to join Ghanaian law students from GIMPA Law School, one of the most prestigious university law faculties in Ghana, for a dinner. As we enjoyed jollof rice and stew, we compared notes on our respective law school experiences.

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Guest Post: How Santa Clara Law Graduates Students with a ‘Tech Edge’

LawSites

In this guest post, Laura Lee Norris , director of the program, and Mark Michels , lecturer in law, describe the program and how it prepares students for careers as tech lawyers in Silicon Valley. Santa Clara University School of Law graduated its first Tech Edge JD cohort in May 2021.

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Top 15 LawNext Podcast Episodes of 2023 and of All Time

LawSites

Most popular this year: My interview with Daniel Martin Katz and Michael Bommarito just after their first try at having GPT take the bar exam. You can also check out the most popular LawNext episodes of 2022 , of 2021 , of 2020 and of 2019. Can GPT Pass the Bar Exam? Top 15 of 2023 1.

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NY Announces Temporary Authorization Program for Recent Law Grads

The Legal Ease

In this week that NY law grads were originally scheduled to be taking the bar exam, the New York State Court of Appeals (the highest court in the state) has announced a revision of its rules to temporarily authorize qualifying graduates of ABA-accredited law schools to practice law in New York under supervision pending their admission to the bar.

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Women of Legal Tech: Amanda Brown

LawTechnologyToday

Every Monday and Wednesday, we will be featuring a woman from our class of 2021. Amanda Brown is the Executive Director of the Lagniappe Law Lab. In my last year of law school in 2016, I signed up for a one-semester legal technology clinic that, for all intents and purposes, changed my entire outlook on the legal profession.

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Next-Gen Bar Exam That Truly Tests Daily Practice Skills Must Include Technology

LawTechnologyToday

Law schools have a duty to maintain a rigorous program of legal education and enable students to develop their professional identity. The National Conference of Bar Examiners has announced that the next generation of the bar exam will debut in 2026. and/or Comment 8.