State Bar & Bar Associations
Jul. 9, 2019
Bar exam oversight requires more than just watching
The Legislative Analyst’s Office that serves as the California Legislature’s nonpartisan fiscal and policy advisor recently published a report suggesting that the Legislature step up its oversight of the State Bar of California “similar to how the Legislature’s Business and Professions Committees retain jurisdiction over certain other state licensing departments.”
Mitchel L. Winick
President and Dean
Monterey College of Law
Mitchel is president and dean of a non-profit California accredited law school system that includes Monterey College of Law, San Luis Obispo College of Law, and Kern County College of Law. He was one of eight deans invited by the California Supreme Court to an informal meeting in October 2019 to discuss concerns about the California bar exam. He is former chair of the Committee of Bar Examiners Rules Advisory Committee and a former member of the Law School Council representing the California Accredited Law Schools.
The Legislative Analyst's Office that serves as the California Legislature's nonpartisan fiscal and policy advisor recently published a report suggesting that the Legislature step up its oversight of the State Bar of California "similar to how the Legislature's Business and Professions Committees retain jurisdiction over certain other state licensing departments." The primary concern in the June 26 report related to accountability and transparency of the bar's fiscal ...
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