This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Law Practice,
California Supreme Court,
Appellate Practice

May 27, 2022

State Supreme Court extends Provisional Licensure Program 7 months for 346 participants

Reasons for failure to meet the deadline include: failure to sit for any of the four bar exams administered since the pandemic, failure to pass the bar exam or the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination, delays caused by the participants and the bar staff in completing the moral character determination process, lack of sufficient supervised practice hours, inability “to devotee necessary attention to bar exam study” because of full- or part-time work.

State Supreme Court extends Provisional Licensure Program 7 months for 346 participants

The state Supreme Court has given 346 law school graduates seven more months to complete the requirements of the Provisional Licensure Program that was due to expire June 1, according to an order Thursday.

State Bar Executive Director Leah Wilson asked for the extension in a letter Tuesday, saying that 68% of the graduates in...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up