This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Government

Oct. 23, 2013

Plan to trim bar exam to two days put on hold

The plan to move to a two-day bar exam in California is dead, at least for a while. Citing the press of other business, the State Bar Committee of Bar Examiners voted to defer action on a plan to shorten the exam by a day.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The plan to move to a two-day bar exam in California is dead, at least for a while.


The State Bar Committee of Bar Examiners, which oversees the grueling, three-day test, voted Saturday to defer action on a plan to shorten the exam by a day.


In late June, the committee had determined to go ahead with the proposal and told its staff to draft an implementation plan for the bar's boa...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up