State Bar & Bar Associations,
Legal Education
Jun. 24, 2020
New ways for evaluating law school graduates meet resistance
Even bar exam defenders say law schools should have more clinical hours and collaborate closely with law firms to better train future lawyers.
Legal scholars are imagining new ways of assessing competency among graduates and scrutinizing the efficacy of the bar exam. Others insist there is a strong correlation between a high result on the exam and success as a lawyer.
The exam's future in its current form is uncertain in California.
On Tuesday, the First-Year Lawyer Student exam was administered online. The test is being used as a trial ...
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