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California Bar Exam Managed To Be Even Worse Than Expected

Above The Law

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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Sivonnia DeBarros: How to Be a Top Lawyer in Your Field

Attorney at Work

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 That is how the practice of law works.

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Buy One Get One Free Cal Bar Exams!

Above The Law

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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Caila A Coleman: 5 Things You Need To Become A Top Lawyer In Your Field

The Estrin Report

I randomly received a phone call from an old friend from law school asking if I could analyze a murder case on Court TV. It’s not about where you go to school, but what you do with your education. I don’t want those who may go to a school that is lesser known to be discouraged. I had never had a murder case.

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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

Above The Law

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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