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Florida Supreme Court Rejects Diploma Privilege

The Florida Supreme Court rejected a proposal to adopt a form of diploma privilege that will allow law graduates to…

Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Apologizes for Bar Exam Delays

"Our inability to offer the bar examination in August was a failure," said Charles Canady, Chief Justice of the Florida…

Cooley Law School Closing Second Campus

Western Michigan University Cooley Law School is closing its Grand Rapids, Michigan campus, and consolidating operation at its Lansing location,…

California Will Not Make New Bar Exam Cut Score Retroactive

The California Supreme Court issued an order Monday making a lower passing score for the state's bar exam official, but…

Law Schools Reverse Campus Reopening Plans

A number of law schools that had previously announced plans to reopen campuses have reversed their decisions due to COVID-19…

Two States Postpone Online Bar Exam Due to Tech Issues

Nevada and Indiana have both postponed their online bar exams scheduled for July 27, after several users reported tech problems…

California Law School Deans Urge the Court to Apply New Bar Exam Cut Score Retroactively

The California Supreme Court’s recent decision to lower its notoriously high bar exam’s cut score is great news for recent…

California Permanently Lowers Bar Exam Score, Sets Online Exam for October

The California Supreme Court decided to permanently lower the cut score for the passing exam and offer recent law grads…

New York Deans Join Push for Diploma Privilege

A day after the New York Court of Appeals announced that it had canceled the September bar, deans of all…

California Supreme Court Pressured to Cancel Bar Exam for New Lawyers in Pandemic

Aspiring attorneys signed up to take the California Bar Exam are growing increasingly jittery towards the state’s indecisiveness regarding the…

Bar Prep Companies Forced to Change Course Due to COVID-19

As states are still struggling to make a final decision on how or when to administer the bar exam without…

Ten Law Schools Are Threatened by Poor Bar Passage Rates

Ten law schools were put on notice by The American Bar Association for failing to meet the new bar standard…