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State Bar & Bar Associations

Jun. 20, 2022

Bar committee suggests no time limit between exam and oath

The Committee of Bar Examiners recommended that attorneys no longer be required to take their oath within five years of passing the exam.

The Committee of Bar Examiners recommended Friday that applicants for licensure no longer be required to take the attorney's oath within five years of passing the exam.

A staff agenda item said the question is "whether there was a rational basis for the underlying rule, and whether it furthered the State Bar's mission of public protection."

If the bar Board of Trustees and state Supreme Court adopt the change it...

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