Law School Testing Experts Not So Sure Bar Exam Can Be Put Online
Thanks to the coronavirus, this could just be bar exam wishcasting.
Thanks to the coronavirus, this could just be bar exam wishcasting.
This seems like an unreasonable request.
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Can we stop arguing about whether or not the states can do this and start arguing about whether or not they should?
And no one seems to have noticed or cared.
The plan for staggering the administration of the New York bar exam isn't a great one... but not for any of these reasons.
New York is a great state, and this overt favoritism is beneath it.
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No solution was going to make everyone happy.
2020 law school graduates are going to be a test case for whether bar exams can be administered successfully online.
Pressure mounts to develop a remote test.
The overall pass rate took quite a dip.
Most law firms, big and small, that have adopted AI are making the same mistake: they bought a tool for their lawyers and called it a strategy.
There will be new Massachusetts attorneys no matter what.
The bar committee made an inaccurate assumption.
But just because there are obstacles isn't a reason not to try.
Just when legal academia was seeing an increase in bar scores, the numbers come crashing down to earth.
This is kind of like what happened to 2010 graduates -- but worse.