Current Bar Exam Format May Stop Being Offered After 2027
The National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) just announced that after the new NextGen Bar Exam launches in July 2026, the July 2027 bar exam may be the last administration of the current Uniform Bar Exam (UBE). The Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE), a separate attorney ethics test, will not be affected by this change. […]
Read More >Oregon’s Supreme Court to Vote on Bar Exam Alternative
Oregon is about to become the first U.S. state to adopt a large-scale attorney licensing pathway that does not involve taking and passing the bar exam. The Oregon Supreme Court will now vote on a proposal to allow law school graduates to become licensed after working for 675 hours under the supervision of an experienced […]
Read More >California Botches Bar Exam for 2 Test Takers
The California State Bar just announced that two law graduates who took the July 2023 California Bar Exam were given the wrong tests. The two applicants who sat for the exam at the SAFE Credit Union Convention Center in Sacramento, California received two essay questions and a performance test that appeared on the February 2023 […]
Read More >Psychology Group Says To Stop Asking Aspiring Lawyers About Their Mental Health
The world’s largest professional psychology group has joined the movement to end the required disclosure of personal mental health information by individuals applying to become lawyers. The American Psychological Association (APA) has just approved a new policy pledging to work alongside the American Bar Association and state bar associations to remove all questions about mental […]
Read More >New Bar Exam Preview Gets Mixed Reviews
Last week, the legal community received a preview of the upcoming Next Gen Bar Exam scheduled to debut in July 2026, with the release of a selection of sample questions from the National Conference of Bar Examiners. The reaction has been diverse, with many expressing concerns about the exam’s perceived simplicity, while others contending it […]
Read More >Clint Lorance To Be A Lawyer. But Should He Be Allowed Into The Practice of Law?
A former Army lieutenant who was convicted of second-degree murder is causing controversy by planning to take the July 2023 Bar Exam and, after passing, become licensed as an attorney. Clint Lorance was convicted for ordering his men to fire on three unarmed citizens in Afghanistan. He was pardoned by former President Donald Trump. Lorance graduated from […]
Read More >California Seeks to Raise Bar Exam Fees
The State Bar of California has just proposed a slate of fee increases for law graduates and attorneys seeking to become licensed in the state, as part of a larger plan to boost revenue amid a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall. It would be the state’s first bar exam and moral character review process fee hike since 2016. […]
Read More >Study Finds Bar Exam Requirements Reduce the Number of Lawyers
A new study found that eliminating the bar exam or allowing lower bar passing scores would both significantly increase the number of attorneys practicing law in the U.S. If states were to eliminate the bar exam as an entry to attorney licensure, the labor supply of lawyers would increase by 16%, according to new research […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day – Answer
(B) is the correct answer. Issue: Whether the newspaper is constitutionally required to give candidates to public office equal coverage. Rule: The press possesses the same general freedoms that persons possess with regard to speech. The press’s communications can be regulated either by content or context (remember that with content based regulations, strict scrutiny will […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day
With the July 2023 bar exam a month and a half away, we will be posting several real MBE questions every week, with the answer to be posted the following day. Please feel free to email us with any questions about these, and if you were unsuccessful on the bar exam, submit your score report […]
Read More >California Judges Urged To Avoid Law Firm Celebrations
A draft ethics opinion recommends California judges should not attend law office celebrations with free food and drinks. The California Supreme Court’s Committee on Judicial Ethics Opinions released the draft opinion for comments, due by July 10, 2023. The draft was released in response to a question by a judge who asked whether he could accept an […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day – Answer
(C) is the correct answer. Issue: Whether a state’s regulation of commercial activities implicates the U.S. Constitution. Rule: States may regulate interstate commerce, but may not discriminate against nor unduly burden interstate commerce. This concept is known as either the Dormant Commerce Clause or the Negative Commerce Clause. For a state regulation that affects interstate […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day
With results from the February 2023 bar exam being released in states around the country, we will be posting several real MBE questions every week, with the answer to be posted the following day. Please feel free to email us with any questions about these, and if you were unsuccessful on the bar exam, submit […]
Read More >Here Is What the “New” Bar Exam Will Test
The National Conference of Bar Examiners has finally unveiled what the overhauled new bar exam will cover. The newly released 42-page outline identifies the specific lawyering skills and areas of the law that will be tested on the NextGen Bar Exam. It also clarifies which areas of the law examinees must memorize and which they will be […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day – Answer
MBE Question of the Day – Answer (A) is the correct answer. Issue: Whether it is constitutional for Congress to pass a statute criminalizing the negotiation with foreign governments with regard to disputes with the United States when the party is not someone authorized by the President. Rule: Article I, Section 18 of the Constitution […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day
With results from the February 2023 bar exam being released in states around the country, we will be posting several real MBE questions every week, with the answer to be posted the following day. Please feel free to email us with any questions about these, and if you were unsuccessful on the bar exam, submit […]
Read More >Delaware Lowers its Bar Exam Pass Score, Makes Its Exam Easier
he Delaware Bar Examination will now be given twice a year, require fewer essays and a lower score to pass, officials from Delaware’s Supreme Court just announced. Delaware’s bar exam is considered to be one of the most difficult in the nation because it has a higher passing score than other states, more potential test […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day – Answer
MBE Question of the Day – Answer (B) is the correct answer. Issue: Under what standard would a ban on the use of billboards by certain groups of people be reviewed. Rule: A restriction on speech may be either content based or content neutral. When the restriction is content neutral – meaning it does not […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day
With results from the February 2023 bar exam being released in states around the country, we will be posting several real MBE questions every week, with the answer to be posted the following day. Please feel free to email us with any questions about these, and if you were unsuccessful on the bar exam, submit […]
Read More >Will California Make Changes to its Bar Exam?
A state panel has recommended that California continue to use a bar exam to license attorneys but should develop its own distinct test. The Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of the Bar Exam — a joint effort between the California Supreme Court and the State Bar — has voted to circulate draft recommendations that […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day – Answer
MBE Question of the Day – Answer (D) is correct. Issue: Whether evidence that addresses a collateral matter is admissible. Rule: The collateral evidence rule states that extrinsic or collateral evidence may not be used to impeach a witness who testified on a collateral matter. Extrinsic or collateral evidence is evidence that is not central […]
Read More >MBE Question of the Day
With results from the February 2023 bar exam being released in states around the country, we will be posting several real MBE questions every week, with the answer to be posted the following day. Please feel free to email us with any questions about these, and if you were unsuccessful on the bar exam, submit […]
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