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State Bar & Bar Associations

May 21, 2020

Attorneys concerned adoption of new bar exam would lower standards while law deans support a change

The bar announced May 15 it would consider adopting the Uniform Bar Exam, which is administered by the National Conference of Bar Examiners and has been adopted in 36 jurisdictions, but has been criticized for not sufficiently testing knowledge of state laws.

While California attorneys are worried that adopting the Uniform Bar Exam would lower the quality of lawyers in the state, several law school deans are enthusiastic about the proposal the State Bar is considering.

"California is overrun by attorneys who are degrading the practice of law," and adopting a less stringent bar exam will not help, Arash Shirdel, founder of Pacific Premier Law Group in Santa Ana, said Wednesday. "The bar ...

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