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The Best Law Schools For Practical Training (2025)

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A common complaint practicing lawyers have is that while law schools cost a fortune, they simply dont teach the most essential skill needed for professional competency. How to be a lawyer, of course. Without further ado, according to preLaw Magazine, these are the top 10 best law schools for practical training: Northeastern Baylor St.

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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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The National Taskforce on Lawyer Wellbeing, we had such a success with a report. 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. It is such an exciting time.

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California Bar Exam Fiasco Considers Adding Even More Chaos!

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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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When Kafka wrote Before the Law , he meant to describe the surreal hellscape of standing “before” the law, not the surreal hellscape of applicants “before” they become lawyers. Yet the powers-that-be have transformed the February administration of the California bar exam into a farce that would make Kafka blush.

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Legal Ethics Roundup: So Many Legal Ethics Headlines, Engaging In Democracy, Ethics Jobs & More

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Headlines We saw an overwhelming amount of news related to the ethics of lawyers and judges last week. KPMG has previously said its Arizona-licensed lawyers would be able to do certain legal work for clients across the country once it received the courts approval. 4 Fears of Retribution for Prosecutors and Other Lawyers.

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