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State Bar & Bar Associations,
Legal Education

Apr. 22, 2020

Provisional licensing is a better option than diploma privilege

Advocates characterize diploma privilege as a reasonable defense of students who navigate strained finances, immigration struggles, race provocations, and shelter-in-place parenting today. Diploma privilege exudes compassion, they say. If enacted, the legal community responds to coronavirus with social justice.

Advocates characterize diploma privilege as a reasonable defense of students who navigate strained finances, immigration struggles, race provocations, and shelter-in-place parenting today. Diploma privilege exudes compassion, they say. If enacted, the legal community responds to coronavirus with social justice.

I disagree. Provisional licensing under established attorneys contingent upon later bar passage extends the class of 2020 th...

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