Image from Shutterstock. For decades, the Uniform Bar Examination has been old school, with bar candidates using paper-and-pencil exam books. But starting with the first administration of the […]
MAHA Report Not ‘Ammo’ for Plaintiffs’ Bar, Lawyers Say
The defense bar is sounding the alarm about Donald Trump’s Make America Healthy Again report and advisory panels held by the Food and Drug Administration focused on both […]
CA Supreme Court OKs Limited Licenses for Some Who Failed February 2025 Bar Exam
California’s Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to provisionally license only a subset of applicants who withdrew from or failed the disastrous February 2025 bar exam, dashing the hopes […]
German Bar Association Warns Firms That Trump Deals Violate Legal Code
German lawyers who work with any of the nine U.S. law firms that made deals with the Trump administration could be in breach of the German legal professional […]
Perkins Coie Injunction Doesn’t Bar EEOC From Investigating Other Law Firms, Judge Clarifies
U.S. District Judge Beryl Howell of the District of Columbia on Tuesday granted a government motion for clarification regarding her permanent injunction against President Donald Trump’s executive order […]
Rhode Island Becomes 36th State to Adopt NextGen Bar Exam
Rhode Island becomes the 36th state, and 40th jurisdiction, to announce plans to adopt the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam (NextGen UBE), the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) […]
California State Bar Sues Testing Vendor Over Botched February Exam
California’s state bar on Monday sued the vendor that administered its disastrous February 2025 bar exam, accusing the testing company of misleading agency leaders about its technical and […]
State Bar Defends AI Use on Bar Exam, Asks Calif. Supreme Court to Lower Passing Score
In a late-night filing, the state bar asked the California Supreme Court on Tuesday to reduce the raw score needed to pass the February bar exam, acknowledging that […]
California Law School Deans Want NCBE Questions Returned for July Bar Exam
Citing concerns about the integrity of California’s February 2025 bar exam, 14 law school deans in the state have asked the state Supreme Court to return to using […]
CA Bar Files Disciplinary Charges Against Another Ex-Girardi Keese Partner
The State Bar of California filed a notice of disciplinary charges against ex-Girardi Keese partner Robert Finnerty for intentionally withholding information about a $53 million settlement from his […]