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California Supreme Court approves state bar exam modifications

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The Supreme Court of California confirmed the 2025 bar exam will be the first to implement the new exam modifications on Tuesday. The exam is currently only offered in person and will be administered remotely or in person starting in February 2025.

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The Best Law Schools For Practical Training (2025)

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Some law schools, however, are trying to change that by offering skills-based opportunities so that their soon-to-be graduates will have already dipped a toe into practicing law before even taking the bar exam. The post The Best Law Schools For Practical Training (2025) appeared first on Above the Law.

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California Bar Exam Managed To Be Even Worse Than Expected

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We all knew that this administration of the California bar exam would be a disaster. The new test employing Kaplan questions and administered by Meazure Learning suffered setback after setback in the lead up to the test, prompting the bar examiners to preemptively offer refunds and then a free retake.

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Buy One Get One Free Cal Bar Exams!

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The February administration of the California bar exam is so broken that they’re offering a free July test to everyone who fails. Despite the trouble they’ve faced, California’s effort to reinvent the bar exam was born out of necessity. The post Buy One Get One Free Cal Bar Exams!

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Path To Well-Being In Law: Episode 14 – Kyle McEntee

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We know that so much of how our profession evolves depends on the manner in which we attract and train lawyers coming into the profession which makes the conversation around American legal education so important. As you move forward, you started preparing your law school reports. Our guest today, he’s a good one.

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California Bar Exam Fiasco Considers Adding Even More Chaos!

Above The Law

You know what’s worse than the disastrous rollout of a hastily thrown together bar exam overhaul? Rolling out a hastily thrown together bar exam retreat. Just when you thought the California bar exam disaster had reached its logical conclusion — after all, how much worse could it get?

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California Bar Exam Disaster Reaches Its ‘Offer Everyone A Refund’ Stage

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Yet the powers-that-be have transformed the February administration of the California bar exam into a farce that would make Kafka blush. As the state bar examiners put it in their refund email, the experience has generated a lot of “frustration, confusion, and anxiety.” Everything about this process has been cursed.

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