Above The Law

DECEMBER 13, 2021

The post Kim Kardashian Passes The Baby Bar Exam appeared first on Above the Law. Congratulations!

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Above The Law

JUNE 8, 2022

The post Preparing For The Bar Exam appeared first on Above the Law. It's that time of year.

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Above The Law

JULY 29, 2022

The post Be Prepared To Be Terrified: Bar Exam Horror Stories! appeared first on Above the Law. Nightmare fuel.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

This law school really helps students pass the big test. The post Students At This Law School Do Way Better On The Bar Exam Than Expected appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The post Update On The New Bar Exam: The Class Of 2026 Is In Luck appeared first on Above the Law. Out with the old, in with the new! Eventually.

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Above The Law

JULY 5, 2023

Some wisdom for those who are currently studying for the bar exam. The post Kim Kardashian Shares A Valuable Lesson Learned From Failing The Baby Bar Exam appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Congratulations to everyone who passed the test! The post Good News, Everyone: Bar Exam Pass Rates Are Officially Up Over Last Year appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

MARCH 3, 2025

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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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 4, 2022

You didn’t take the bar exam. That’s probably because you didn’t go to law school. Law school is hard. Your first year is an elaborate hazing ritual in which we law professors pull out your brain and put it back in upside down. The bar exam. Good for you.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Congrats to those who passed the most recent NY bar exam! The post The New York Bar Exam Is Remarkably Consistent appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The post It Just Got Easier To Pass The Bar Exam In One State appeared first on Above the Law. The lawyerly rite of passage is just a little less stressful -- for some folks.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

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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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The End Of The Bar Exam? Biglaw Partner Classes Are Getting Bigger: Gotta stop those valuable associates from jumping ship. Want A Job At A Top Law Firm? Check out these law schools. I mean, probably not, but they're asking the Supreme Court to weigh in.

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LegalTalkNetwork

AUGUST 27, 2024

The bar examination is a rigorous assessment designed to determine whether a law school graduate is adequately prepared and competent to practice law within a specific jurisdiction. However, because of its complexity, many candidates don’t pass on their initial attempt.

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Above The Law

JULY 24, 2023

Start preparing yourselves now for your impending doom. The post How To Fail The Bar Exam With Comedic Flair appeared first on Above the Law.

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Above The Law

MARCH 13, 2025

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. We asked schools for the number of students who completed a clinic in 2023-24. We asked schools to provide us with such information as they saw fit.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Rankings aren't everything.

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Above The Law

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

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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ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

The Virginia House of Delegates on Friday passed a bill allowing students at approved law schools to take the bar exam after completing five semesters…

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Above The Law

MARCH 4, 2024

The post A Florida Law School Is Teaching Its First Class Of Bar Takers appeared first on Above the Law. We love to see it!

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ALPS

MARCH 29, 2023

Spare Yourself Headaches I n Your Law Practice by Following these Helpful Communication Tips: Hard to believe that around this time 20 years ago I was finishing up law school at Mercer University School of Law and would soon be prepping for the Georgia bar exam. 

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Above The Law

JULY 13, 2021

The benefits of moderation.

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 23, 2022

SL DeBarros Law Firm. Since passing the bar in 2013, DeBarros has built a six-figure law firm that focuses on sports and entertainment and has been featured in the news and on numerous podcasts. Do you know how frustrating it can be to leave law school, graduate with a 3.4 Woodstock, IL. It’s business.”.

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Law 360

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Stephanie Acosta at UWorld discusses how law students and law schools can start preparing now for the new bar exam launching in 2026, which is expected to emphasize real-world lawyering skills-based tasks over rote memorization.

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JURIST

JULY 18, 2023

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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InHouseBlog

JANUARY 9, 2023

If AI passes the bar exam, it certainly will not have trouble crafting a 62-page critical client memorandum that finishes with an unequivocal “maybe” Then it may move swiftly to increase 6-minute billing increments to half-hours (have to charge up those batteries and electricity isn’t cheap!), How did it do?

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Above The Law

JANUARY 24, 2023

New York prepares to put women's rights on the ballot. One Doesn't Really Just "Pass" The Bar : Liz Gil makes her debut by sharing her hang-ups on the bar exam. Most People Look At Law School As An Investment : These schools have much quicker returns. Is This The Era Of ERA?

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The Crime Report

JUNE 22, 2021

A Lawyers Justice Corps should replace the bar exam as a certification of competence for new attorneys, argues Touro College Law Prof. Thomas Law Journal. Under the proposal, recent law school graduates would work for legal organizations that serve under-represented populations for at least one year.

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Above The Law

AUGUST 6, 2021

I was recently asked how I was able (finally) to pass the Texas Bar Exam while also struggling with cocaine addiction and alcohol use disorder (alcoholism). Here is my answer.

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Above The Law

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

NY blames the pass rate on repeat test takers.

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Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

* Judge says law firm "defiled the very temple of justice." [ Bloomberg Law News ] * Our national nightmare is over: law firm's Rosie the Ve-LAW-ciraptor mascot returned after being stolen two years ago. Law360 ] * Judge blasts plaintiffs in intellectual property lawsuit over Meta's AI training.

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Above The Law

MAY 26, 2021

Kim Still Not A Baby Lawyer : In fairness, it's tough to study when distracted by a husband doing. Sir, This Is A Wendy's : It's not quite that bad, but one law professor bundled all of his law school complaints into an article about the bar exam for some reason. whatever the hell it was Kanye was doing.

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LDA PRO

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Both are required to conduct extensive study and draught court documentation for the matter they are working on. A paralegal’s primary responsibility is case preparation, which includes gathering information about a case, preparing reports, filing and organizing relevant documentation, and scheduling interviews and depositions.

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The Estrin Report

MARCH 2, 2023

There was always a new paralegal that could be hired or another lawyer graduating from law school. Table of contents The Power Has Shifted to Employees Why You Should Care About the Cost of Employee Turnover What Does It Cost to Replace a Young Attorney in Your Law Firm? She was top of her class and law review.

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Above The Law

JULY 19, 2024

The post Arizona Offers Alternate Path To Practice After Almost Passing Bar appeared first on Above the Law. Practice has many doors, Ed boys.

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At the Lectern

OCTOBER 10, 2024

The Supreme Court today rejected a proposal that would have allowed prospective lawyers to bypass the traditional bar exam as a way to become licensed attorneys. The court has apparently not yet ruled on a State Bar proposal — resubmitted six days ago — to proceed with a new bar exam written by Kaplan Exam Services.

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At the Lectern

JANUARY 13, 2021

Saying that the Supreme Court “chose to duly play its part in a system designed to exclude,” Shandyn Pierce, a member of the UC Hastings College of Law class of 2020, writes a scathing column in The Recorder criticizing the court’s handling of the latest bar exam, which he passed.

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