Bar Exam Film Ups Ante for 6 Law Grads

It’s hard enough just studying for the bar exam. But six California law graduates decided to up the ante even further by doing so in the public eye. Responding to a 2006 request by documentary filmmakers, they agreed to allow video footage of everything from crying jags and the struggle…

Jul 26, 2007 6:24 PM CDT

NY Bar Exam Marred by Glitch

Bar examiners in New York suspect a software glitch caused test takers to experience problems this week saving and uploading their essays. Diane Bosse, chairwoman of the Board of Law Examiners, told the New York Law Journal that officials are trying to determine if any answers were lost. She says…

Jul 26, 2007 1:06 PM CDT

Grads: School’s Not Out for Summer

After three years of hard work, the nation’s newly graduated law students aren’t done with their studies yet. The vast majority are still buried in the books as they put in long hours preparing for the next major hurdle in their lives—the bar exam, typically held in July. That’s certainly…

Jul 9, 2007 8:27 PM CDT

Bar Exam Suit Cites Religion

A would-be lawyer who failed the bar exam has filed suit contending a question about gay marriage violated his First Amendment rights. Stephen Dunne says the Massachusetts bar question required him to “affirmatively accept, support and promote homosexual marriage and homosexual parenting,” the National Law Journal reports. He didn’t answer…

Jul 2, 2007 2:07 PM CDT

Blogger Who Posted Bar-Exam Questions Sought

Lawyers have subpoenaed Google and EarthLink in an effort to track down the person who posted 41 questions from the Multistate Bar Examination last year, according to the Fulton County Daily Report. In response to the subpoena, Google identified the blogger’s server as EarthLink. Now lawyers for the National Conference…

Apr 20, 2007 12:53 PM CDT

Judge: Internet Law Grad Can’t Take State Bar

A graduate of a non-ABA-accredited Internet correspondence law school in California has lost a court battle to force Connecticut to allow him to take the state bar exam. Derby, Conn., resident Mel Thompson filed suit in state court pro se in September 2005 claiming he had a constitutional right to…

Apr 11, 2007 9:10 PM CDT

8 GCs at Big Corporations Not Licensed

General counsels at eight Fortune 250 companies don’t have the special law license required by their states for in-house lawyers who haven’t passed the local bar exam, according to an investigation by Corporate Counsel magazine.

Apr 5, 2007 1:15 PM CDT

Wisconsin Bar Weighs a Degree of Change

Status may end as last state to admit its law school grads without taking bar exam

Apr 1, 2007 12:50 PM CDT

See You in 18 Months

Education Department puts ABA accreditation role on ‘a short leash’

Feb 13, 2007 1:08 AM CST

Lines in the Sand

More Flexible Bar Admissions Standards Still Set Boundaries for Behavior

Aug 11, 2006 11:57 PM CDT

How Best to Build a Lawyer?

Ideas Float about Changing Law School and Bar Exams, But Few Show That They Have Sticking Power

May 23, 2006 7:30 AM CDT

Bar None, and Then Some

Taking Another Bar Exam May Be Easier, But It’s Never More Fun

Nov 29, 2005 8:11 AM CST

What Did You Do to Celebrate Passing the Bar Exam?

Feb 1, 2004 10:50 AM CST