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

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What if instead you could get some hands-on lawyering experience and help others along the way? 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.

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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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Afghanistan dispatch: The Taliban’s new bar exam procedures and the notable absence of new women attorneys

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Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation on the ground since the Taliban takeover. Here, a young lawyer in Kabul reports on the complications Taliban governance has wrought for young lawyers wishing to regain their rights to practice in the country. Answer : Yes, I did. Answer: No.

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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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Kim Kardashian says she finally passed the ‘baby bar’ exam after her apprenticeship studies

ABA Journal

Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has passed the “baby barexam required for would-be California lawyers who opt to learn the law through apprenticeship instead…

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Generative AI, Having Already Passed the Bar Exam, Now Passes the Legal Ethics Exam

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Well, it’s happened again: Generative AI has passed a critical test used to measure candidate’s fitness to be licensed as a lawyer. Back in March, OpenAI’s GPT-4 took the bar exam and passed with flying colors , scoring around the top 10% of test takers. CEO of LegalOn. “We

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Preparing For The Bar Exam

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

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