Oregon is moving away from the traditional bar exam and embracing supervised practice

Oregon is moving away from the traditional bar exam and embracing supervised practice

Addie Tobin Smith (left) and Joanna Perini-Abbott co-chair the Licensure Pathway Development Committee for the Oregon State Board of Bar Examiners. (Photo by Michael Schmitt/ABA Journal) When the Oregon State Board of... Read more »
Joan Howarth and Deborah Jones Merritt are spearheading efforts to reinvent attorney licensing

Joan Howarth and Deborah Jones Merritt are spearheading efforts to reinvent attorney licensing

(Photo of Joan Howarth by Nicole Sepulveda) For the last three decades, complaints about the bar exam were common but change was minimal. But Joan Howarth and Deborah Jones Merritt wanted to... Read more »
Oregon is moving away from the traditional bar exam and embracing supervised practice

Oregon is moving away from the traditional bar exam and embracing supervised practice

Addie Tobin Smith (left) and Joanna Perini-Abbott co-chair the Licensure Pathway Development Committee for the Oregon State Board of Bar Examiners. (Photo by Michael Schmitt/ABA Journal) When the Oregon State Board of... Read more »
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Bar admission denied for applicant who won’t take constitutional oath

Bar admission denied for applicant who won’t take constitutional oath

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Teen who enrolled in law school at age 13 becomes youngest person to pass California bar exam

Teen who enrolled in law school at age 13 becomes youngest person to pass California bar exam

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Utah considers allowing law grads to choose apprenticeship rather than bar exam

Utah considers allowing law grads to choose apprenticeship rather than bar exam

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Overturning 45-year precedent, New Jersey gives disbarred lawyers second chance

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