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The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday regarding how difficult it should be for employers to prove their workers qualify for exemptions from overtime pay and other protections under U.S. wage laws. The justices spent about an hour considering an appeal by grocery distributor EMD Sales, challenging a ruling from the 4th U.S. Circuit…
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Utah is moving forward with a proposal to allow law graduates to become licensed without taking the bar exam, following a trend set by a few other states that have introduced alternative pathways to legal licensure in recent years. On Monday, the Utah Supreme Court unveiled a plan that would enable graduates of American Bar…
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New York has joined the growing number of states reporting a higher pass rate on the July 2024 bar exam, with 69% of examinees successfully passing the attorney licensing exam. This figure marks New York’s highest overall pass rate since 2013, showing a 3 percentage point increase from 2023’s 66%, according to the New York…
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The State Bar of California plans to administer its own bar exam starting in February, but faced a setback on Wednesday when the California Supreme Court denied its petition for the change. The court noted in a brief docket entry that the state bar had failed to follow the proper procedure in transitioning to the…
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The State Bar of California has finalized an $8.25 million deal with Kaplan Exam Services to produce the state’s bar exam for the next five years, the attorney licensing body announced on Tuesday. Starting in February, California will no longer use any test components developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) and will…
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Law school graduates typically spend over $1,000 to take the bar exam. However, this fall, they have an opportunity to profit from their study efforts. The National Conference of Bar Examiners will pay law grads $1,500 to test-drive the first full-length prototype of its NextGen Bar exam, the revamped version set to debut in July…
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On Wednesday, Illinois announced its decision to switch to the NextGen Bar Exam in 2028, becoming the largest jurisdiction to adopt the revised national attorney licensing exam. Illinois now joins 18 other states or territories in committing to the NextGen bar exam, marking the first significant overhaul of the test in 25 years. The National…
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On Thursday, the State Bar of California halted a plan to develop its own online bar exam, which could save the financially struggling organization up to $4 million annually. The State Bar’s Board of Trustees withdrew a proposal from its meeting agenda that would have hired Kaplan North American to develop multiple-choice questions similar to…
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The American Bar Association’s legal education arm may soon endorse lawyer licensing pathways that don’t involve passing the bar exam, potentially softening a pro-bar exam stance the organization has held for more than a century. While still in preliminary stages, such a move would represent a shift in the hard-line position on bar admission held…
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Afrika Owes, a resident of New York City with a history of incarceration, has achieved a remarkable feat by passing the New York Bar Exam on her initial try. Her journey, marred by personal struggles and brushes with the law, culminated in a moment of triumph captured in a viral TikTok video. Surrounded by her…
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