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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. The plane crashes.

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AI program earned passing bar exam scores on evidence and torts; can it work in court?

ABA Journal

Artificial intelligence programs are making inroads in the legal field, showing proficiency in two sections of a practice bar exam and getting used for the…

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Starting a Paralegal Career Without a Paralegal Certificate

Paralegal Bootcamp

I’m on a mission this year to interview some paralegals who broke into the paralegal profession without even having a paralegal certificate and to find out how they did it and what kind of lessons they can pass along to others. What did you learn that actually helped you then be prepared to go to trial? It’s very intense.

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Path To Well-Being In Law: Episode 18: Janet Stearns

ALPS

It’s against that backdrop that we are trying to encourage people to really both focus on their studies and focus on their well-being. We have been doing some 3L specific sort of pathway to the bar exam kinds of programming. Where it’s like, “Oh my gosh, that torts professor’s a real person.”