California bar leaders next week will consider a proposal to create a new pathway to law licensure that doesn’t include the traditional bar exam, an idea gaining favor in the West but still facing staunch opposition in the Golden State.

The so-called portfolio bar exam plan would admit to the bar graduates of ABA-approved and California-accredited law schools if they complete up to 1,000 hours of supervised practice and present an array of their work for approval by graders. Those in the program would not have to take the state’s traditional test for would-be lawyers, which, with its often worst-in-the-nation pass rates, has become an insurmountable obstacle for many trying to join the profession.

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