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Here's Who Passed California's July 2023 Bar Exam

The 51.5% of applicants who passed the exam represent a wide range of personal, professional and geographic backgrounds.
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The American Lawyer

UPDATE: Law Schools Begin Discussions with Law Firms After Open Letter on Antisemitism

While not commenting publicly, some T14 or New York-based law schools have been in discussions with law firms about preventing further incidents of antisemitism on campus, sources say.
7 minute read

The Recorder

California Bar to Consider Exam Alternative Widely Opposed by Lawyers

California's state bar heard from more than 2,800 commentors on a proposal to allow some law school graduates to obtain their law licenses without taking the traditional bar exam. Seventy-one percent of those commentors don't like the idea.
4 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Longtime Baylor Law Professor to Become School's Next Dean

"I am blessed by the opportunity to serve our students as dean alongside my faculty and staff colleagues and our alumni and friends," Jeremy Counseller said in a statement. "I will do so with a deep sense of optimism about the future of Baylor University and the Law School."
4 minute read

Daily Report Online

After Motley Rice Co-Founder's $30M Donation, South Carolina Law School Renamed Joseph F. Rice School of Law

"My alma mater is a huge part of my family's history and success. It gives me great pride to directly impact the lives of its students," Joseph Rice said in a statement. "My hope is that this worthy cause will inspire and bring out the best in generations of future lawyers, while laying the foundation they'll need to achieve great things."
6 minute read

The Recorder

Pass Rate on California's July Bar Exam Dips Slightly to 51.5%

The success rate for those taking the exam for the first time in July was 64.8%. That figure dropped to 24.1% for applicants repeating the test.
2 minute read

International Edition

Israel-Hamas War Inflaming Tensions in Canada's Legal Profession

Open letters, debates over free speech, and feelings of compromised safety are increasing a sense of antisemitism and Islamophobia.
6 minute read

Law.com

'Skills Matter': Legal Academics Laud Oregon's Historic Decision to Offer Alternative to Bar Exam

"The bar exam became a convenient way to test and evaluate aspiring lawyers en masse, but over time, the exam began to really depart from testing the knowledge and skills that new lawyers need," David Friedman, associate dean for strategic initiatives and professor of law at Willamette, said in a statement.
5 minute read

Legaltech News

Mackrell International Offers AltaClaro's Prompt Engineering Training to its 4,000+ Global Lawyer Network

"Training and the development of the next generation is absolutely fundamental for profitability, for growth, for strategy, for everything," Keith Heddle, managing director of Mackrell International, told Legaltech News.
4 minute read

Law.com

Wayne State Law Receives $30M Grant for New Building

"The state's action reflects the power of our community to unite support around Wayne Law's unique public mission: combining academic excellence, access and community engagement to educate lawyers and shape legal knowledge to transform lives and serve communities in a positive way," Wayne Law Dean Richard Bierschbach said in a statement.
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