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State Bar & Bar Associations

May 22, 2023

State Bar board still wants other paths to licensure

After two years, 19 meetings and hundreds of hours of analysis, the Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of the Bar Exam established by the Supreme Court in 2021 was unable to agree on alternate pathways to licensure. So it submitted to the board a plan to make changes in the bar exam, and the board passed that on to the Supreme Court on an 11-0 vote.

The State Bar Board of Trustees unanimously approved a report Friday recommending the state Supreme Court order a new California-developed bar exam, but they really wanted to advocate alternative ways to licensure.

After two years, 19 meetings and hundreds of hours of analysis, the Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of the Bar Exam established by the Supreme Court in 2021 was unable to agree on the alternate pathways. So it submitted to...

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