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

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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. He endured Missouri long enough to graduate from Washington University in St.

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Best Books for Lawyers

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While law school teaches students the intricacies of the law and how to pass the bar exam, it often fails to provide practical knowledge. Important skills such as client relationship building, workload management, and handling high-pressure situations are not given enough focus.

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A Perpetuities Problem Strikes In Wisconsin

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The rule against perpetuities was created for two reasons: (1) to torture bar exam applicants and (2) to establish that the long dead ought not have the right to intervene in the affairs of the living. And given the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s recent opinion, that problem may be here to stay for a while.

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