http://www.abajournal.com/news/ en Copyright 2013 2013-06-19T23:45:06-06:00 http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/around_the_blawgosphere_big_box_IRS_Airbnb_lightsaber/ Some law firms have a "big box" model, New York City-based law firm consultant Bruce MacEwen writes at Adam Smith, Esq. Which is to say that they are highly specialized in one practice area, have a great depth of resources and expertise in that practice area… ABA Journal, @BlawgWhisperer, Careers, Bar Exam, Labor & Employment, Law Firms, Large Firm, Tax Law, Terrorism Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:30:52 -0500 44643.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/did_you_take_a_bar_preparation_course/ The time has come for new law graduates to turn their attention to the bar exam. Many law grads take bar preparation courses that cost between $3,000 and $4,000, and many finance those fees—as well as their living expenses while they study—with a bar review loan of up to $16,000.… ABA Journal, Question of the Week, Careers, Bar Exam Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:12:39 -0500 44482.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/aba_committee_agrees_to_consider_new_bar_passage_accreditation_standard/ An ABA committee has agreed in principle to a proposed new law school accreditation standard that would raise and simplify the current bar passage requirement. Under the proposed new standard, a law school would be required to show that 80 percent of its graduates who sat for the bar exam… Bar Associations, ABA, Careers, Bar Exam, Education Law, Law Schools, Law Students Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:57:24 -0500 43956.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/quicker_route_to_jd_uniform_bar_exam_on_aba_task_force_agenda_session_will_/ Should law school be shortened with lower credit or time requirements for a JD? Should bar admissions officials offer the bar exam before law school graduation? Or create a unified national licensing system to reduce entry costs for new lawyers? Or create a category of limited-license legal… Bar Associations, ABA, Careers, Bar Exam, Law Schools, Law Students Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:23:57 -0500 43874.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/its_not_an_april_fools_joke_illinois_bar_exam_gets_harder_which_states_have/ Illinois has decided to make its bar exam more difficult beginning this summer by raising the minimum passing grade by four points. The minimum score will go up by another four points in July 2015. Above the Law first heard of the development when it received… Careers, Bar Exam, Law Professors, Law Students Mon, 08 Apr 2013 05:39:48 -0500 43606.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/gulp_civil_procedure_will_be_added_to_multistate_bar_exam/ Would-be lawyers who take the multiple choice Multistate Bar Exam beginning in February 2015 will have to deal with a seventh section—on civil procedure. The National Conference of Bar Examiners announced timing of the change in a Feb. 21 letter, the Wall Street Journal Law… Careers, Bar Exam Fri, 08 Mar 2013 10:07:12 -0600 43172.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/a_bar_applicant_is_denied_a_law_license_for_completing_her_sentences/ An Ohio bar applicant won’t be able to practice law just yet because of a complaint that she continued writing for up to 60 seconds after time was called on some bar exam essay questions. In a Jan. 29 opinion (PDF), the Ohio Supreme Court denied a license… Careers, Bar Exam, Legal Ethics Wed, 06 Feb 2013 08:19:39 -0600 42714.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/proposal_to_let_law_students_take_ny_bar_after_2_years_is_worth_study_says_/ A proposal to let individuals who have completed two years of law school take the New York bar exam before they have earned their juris doctor degree is worth further study, the state's chief judge said at a recent conference. Jonathan Lippman didn't formally endorse the idea, which is still… Bar Associations, Careers, Bar Exam, Law Professors, Law Schools, Law Students, States, New York Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:47:48 -0600 42506.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/new_york_considers_letting_law_students_skip_their_third_year/ A law professor who says two years of law school is sufficient preparation for the bar exam is getting a serious hearing for his idea. New York University law professor Samuel Estreicher is proposing that New York change its bar exam requirement to allow students to take the test after… Bar Associations, ABA, Careers, Bar Exam, Law Professors, Law Schools, Law Students Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:00:18 -0600 42321.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/arizona_supreme_court_oks_proposal_to_allow_3ls_to_take_bar_exam/ Arizona will allow third-year law students to take the bar exam in February under a three-year experimental program approved on Monday by the Arizona Supreme Court. The Supreme Court order (PDF) approved an amended rule paving the way for the pilot program. Arizona is now the only state… Careers, Bar Exam, Law Schools, Law Students, States, Arizona Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:28:58 -0600 42010.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/california_lawyer_accused_of_lying_to_get_more_time_to_take_bar_exam/ A California lawyer who was granted more time for the state bar exam based on a false statement has agreed to cancellation of her law license. Leah Harmuth was granted time and a half and given a semi-private room to take the July 2009 bar exam because of an asserted… Careers, Bar Exam, Law Firms, Associates, Large Firm, Legal Ethics, States, California Thu, 06 Dec 2012 09:37:16 -0600 41905.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/arizona_law_schools_back_proposal_to_allow_3ls_to_take_the_bar_exam/ The Arizona Supreme Court is scheduled to consider a proposal Wednesday to allow third-year law students to take the bar exam before graduation. All three law schools in Arizona support the proposal, the National Law Journal reports. If the idea is approved, Arizona would become the… Careers, Bar Exam, Law Schools, Law Students, States, Arizona Tue, 04 Dec 2012 07:00:33 -0600 41850.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/final_call_section_wont_accredit_non-us_law_schools_but_will_help_foreign/ Bar Associations, ABA, Annual Meeting, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Outsourcing, Careers, Bar Exam, Education Law, Law Schools, Legal Ethics, Your ABA Mon, 01 Oct 2012 01:00:03 -0500 40646.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/minn._for_first_time_admits_foreign_law_grad_without_requiring_her_to_pass_/ For the first time ever, the Minnesota Supreme Court has admitted a graduate of a foreign law school to practice in the state without first requiring her to pass the bar exam. JaneAnne Murray, who earned her law degree from England's renowned University of Cambridge, is licensed in New York… Bar Associations, ABA, Careers, Bar Exam, International Law, States, Minnesota, New York Fri, 28 Sep 2012 17:09:18 -0500 40934.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/thirty-four_years_after_his_graduation_law_grad_joins_the_california_bar/ It took 34 years and seven or eight tries for University of San Francisco law grad Jeffery Baker to become a lawyer. Baker, 62, will be sworn in as a California lawyer on Thursday, the Contra Costa Times reports. "If that's not a record for the… Careers, Bar Exam, States, California Thu, 06 Sep 2012 07:13:26 -0500 40569.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/belief_in_bias_can_block_your_success/ Bar Associations, ABA, Annual Meeting, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Careers, Bar Exam, Law Professors, Law Schools, Law Students, Your ABA Sat, 01 Sep 2012 01:00:51 -0500 40292.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/washington_state_legal_community_braces_for_huge_turnover_in_lawyer_populat/ Washington state's legal community is bracing for a huge turnover in its lawyer population over the next five years. The expected turnover, driven largely by demographics and economics, poses big challenges for firms both large and small, though small firms and solo practices seem especially vulnerable, the Bar Associations, Business of Law, Careers, Bar Exam, Work/Life Balance, Law Firms, Large Firm, Midsize Firm, Solos/Small Firms, Law Students Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:46:39 -0500 40407.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/model_ethics_rule_allows_lawyers_to_practice_in_new_state_for_up_to_a_year/ Lawyers who move to a new state can practice there for up to a year while seeking admission under a new model ethics rule approved Monday by the ABA House of Delegates. A comment to the rule explains why it is needed. “This rule recognizes that a lawyer admitted in… Bar Associations, ABA, Annual Meeting, Careers, Bar Exam, Legal Ethics Mon, 06 Aug 2012 15:21:42 -0500 39978.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/stereotype_threat_addressed_at_aba_annual_meeting/ If someone thinks they won’t succeed, partly because of stereotypes, that notion will harm performance, says Steven Spencer, a psychology professor at the University of Waterloo, whose work focuses on motivation and the self. The Ontario, Canada, professor discussed his research at an event Thursday sponsored by… Bar Associations, ABA, Annual Meeting, Business of Law, Law Practice Management, Diversity, Careers, Bar Exam, Disability Law, Labor & Employment, Law Firms, Law Schools Thu, 02 Aug 2012 13:56:11 -0500 39989.abajournal.com http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/what_was_the_strangest_thing_you_saw_at_the_bar_exam/ We've heard many stories of bizarre occurrences at the bar exam, and not all of them were tall tales. Last year we reported about a Northwestern law grad who went into labor during the bar exam but stayed until she had completed… ABA Journal, Question of the Week, Careers, Bar Exam Wed, 01 Aug 2012 14:48:03 -0500 39963.abajournal.com