New Hashtag For Bar Examinees #MakeJudyTakeTheBar
The chief advocate for the bar exam never took it, and maybe she should.
California Bar Risks Going Bankrupt Rather Than Change Its Exam
Leadership delays bar exam reform while entity runs out of cash.
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Washington’s Supreme Court Green-Lights Three Ways To Skip The Bar Exam
Three cheers to razing the bar!
Morning Docket: 11.17.23
* Mistrial in the Breonna Taylor case. [CNN] * DEI consulting is booming after the Supreme Court rollback of affirmative action. [Bloomberg Law] * Progress on an alternative to the bar exam in California. [Reuters] * Judge in Google search case keeping a very open mind. [Law360] * Alex Murdaugh one step closer to a new trial. [Law & Crime]
First Things First: Passing The Bar Exam
To do that? Law schools need to instill in students the ability to write clearly.
The New York Bar Exam Is Remarkably Consistent
Congrats to those who passed the most recent NY bar exam!
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Morning Docket: 09.06.23
* If Senator Whitehouse thinks John Roberts will take action after Sam Alito straight up admitted to breaching ethics rules, then he doesn't know John Roberts! [Law360] * Oregon Supreme Court voting on whether to become the first state in the modern era to offer a full apprenticeship path to the bar. [Reuters] * GPT-4 wins a lawyering contest featuring various AI options, but still isn't as good as humans. Kinda supercharges why states might want to find licensing pathways that don't involve an algorithm gaming a test, huh? [New Scientist] * Nationwide says it is not on your side if you're accused of aiding in an abduction. [Law.com] * John Eastman has failed to get out of his disciplinary proceeding on Fifth Amendment grounds. That was the obvious outcome, but if John Eastman accepted the obvious dictates of the law he wouldn't be in this mess in the first place. [Bloomberg Law News] * An interview with super agent Leigh Steinberg. [ABA Journal] * CiteRight and Jurisage to merge as Canadian legal tech providers eye expansion. [Law.com International]
Morning Docket: 07.13.23
* The FTC is appealing its case against the Microsoft-Activision merger. There's a lot of talk about the FTC "failing" but even in losing they forced Microsoft to publicly claim it wouldn't make key franchises XBox exclusives and... that's a victory in itself. Successful litigation doesn't have to end in a win to have been a smart case to bring. [Law360] * But, because everything is stupid now, the FTC is going to get grilled in a congressional hearing. [Reuters] * Gun ban in state parks upheld because the law has never been enforced and may never be... haven't these people heard of 303 Creative? You don't need any of that anymore. [Hartford Courant] * Allen & Overy's managing partner has stepped down in the midst of the Shearman merger negotiations. [Bloomberg Law News] * The Titanic sub disaster underscores the need for robust anti-SLAPP laws. [Daily Beast] * NCBE unveils its nextgen bar exam questions. They are not much better than the existing questions. [Law.com] * A new wrinkle in the hybrid office reality: small firms sharing office space. A new ethics opinion deals with this issue and hopefully settles who gets to decide if the toilet paper is overhanded or underhanded. [ABA Journal]
Elon Musk Is Having A Very Litigious Week
Between threatening Facebook and suing Wachtell, the Chief Twit is pretty active. We also talk about the end of the Supreme Court Term and the struggles in bar prep.
How Checkbox’s ‘Legal Front Door’ Can Transform Your Workflow
Leveraging agentic AI to triage, prioritize, and automate the law department inbox.
Is California Brainstorming Ways To Get People To Hate The Bar Exam? This Price Hike Could Do It
Why? Because **** you, that's why! - California State Bar
Ever Wonder How Many People The Bar Exam Keeps Out Of The Profession? We Finally Have A Number!
There's more than enough to go around. Now we know how many people are missing out.
Bar Exam Scores Are Down For The Second Year Running
At least most of the takers had sufficient finger print ridges to take the thing.
Florida Bar Passage Rate Falls 7 Percent
It's Florida's lowest bar passage rate in 15 years.
Morning Docket: 03.27.23
* "This is our third major financial crisis," said Sullivan's Mitchell Eitel describing his experience weathering the legal fallout of economic troubles. Remember the 50 years where we didn't have major bank collapses? Maybe we were all onto something. [Bloomberg Law News] * Supreme Court to hear more argument about law banning speech about illegal immigration and practically deployed to surveil journalists. [Courthouse News Service] * "Utah governor: Social media law limiting minors' access not 'foolproof.'" I think he meant to say "constitutional." [Axios] * Purdue's online law school seeks permission to send graduates to the bar exam. Because rather than regulate legal education to graduate lawyers who can practice immediately or require a comprehensive exam for any interested potential practitioner, we have BOTH. [Journal Gazette] * Someone leaked Twitter's source code online in latest development from clown car central. [Reuters] * Shearman revenue down 10 percent and partner profits off 17.5 percent. No wonder they were so hot to merge. [American Lawyer] * New York will take another stab at selecting a Chief Judge. [Law360]