State Bar & Bar Associations
Oct. 16, 2020
Provisional licenses should be granted to 2,000 who took bar exam, group says
Since the state high court directed the bar to create the provisional licensure program to help law graduates facing challenges due to the pandemic to practice under supervision until June 1, 2022 without passing the bar exam, multiple groups have called for the program to apply to anyone who achieved the new passing score of 1,390 as far back as July 2015.
California could see an influx of almost 2,000 provisional lawyers who have not passed the bar exam if the state Supreme Court accepts a State Bar working group's proposal to expand the new provisional licensure program to those who scored at least 1,390 during the past five years.
The Provisional Licensing Working Group approved the recommendation during a video conference meeting Wednesday.
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