Attorneys are expressing hope that a series of changes to Delaware’s bar exam and admission process will remove unnecessary obstacles to practicing law in the state while keeping intact the high admission standards it’s known for.

Lowering the exam cut score by two points, offering the exam twice a year and cutting back the essay section and its possible topics significantly are overall positive, leaders in Delaware’s legal education community said, but they may be the first of many changes in a more dramatic overhaul of the country’s most exclusive bar.