The proposed rules changes also include making the District a Uniform Bar Examination jurisdiction. If approved, students who pass the bar in D.C. could use their score to apply for bar admission in the 18 states that use the standardized exam. Morrison wrote the court in favor of that change, and no one wrote in opposition.

Thompson said she expected the committee to recommend that the Board of Judges adopt the Uniform Bar Examination language in the next few months and have it take effect in time for the July exam.

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