State Bar reverses course on certification deadline for law graduates
After weeks of objections from prosecutors and public defenders, the State Bar admissions chief says the agency has reversed i...
Incoming LACBA family law chair champions program to recruit next generation of attorneys
Tigran Palyan says family law has failed to build a pipeline for young lawyers. His answer is a structured summer associate pr...
Last-minute tips for the bar exam
Final-week bar exam jitters? A few blunt, hard-won tips to get you through test day without losing the plot.
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California bar exam pass rate falls to 48%, lowest July mark in five years
Just 48.3% of applicants passed California's July bar exam, as the first-time pass rate fell 5 points and the state's average Multistate Bar Examination score hit a five-year low.
A new financial sting for disciplined lawyers
The California Supreme Court just extended the State Bar's restitution power, ruling that lawyers can be ordered to pay victims of civil fraud judgments as a condition of discipline -- even when those victims were never clients.
The uncomfortable truth that most bar exam advice ignores
The messy secret to bar prep is the same one every skilled pianist knows: effortless only happens after you've messed up hundreds of times in private.