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October 8, 2020 | Law.com
The online exam included MBE questions that were fully vetted and had appeared on previous exams, said National Conference of Bar Examiners President Judith Gundersen on Thursday. Some examinees complained that the questions were not well written.
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October 7, 2020 | Law.com
New York, California, and Illinois are among the states reporting that nearly all takers of this week's online bar exam successfully completed the test. But examinees counter that jurisdictions should consider the toll the exam took on them before declaring it a success.
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October 6, 2020 | Law.com
Some examinees continued to run into tech issues Tuesday, but software provider ExamSoft said it received fewer calls for help than it did Monday.
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October 5, 2020 | Law.com
The software company delivering the online test said that 98% of takers were able to successfully begin their exams Monday, but test takers have reported a variety of technical problems.
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September 30, 2020 | Law.com
The National Conference of Bar Examiners is pushing back against the diploma privilege movement with the release of a poll that found that 60% of Americans support in-person bar exams during the COVID-19 pandemic, and 70% think the in-person exams should be retained after the pandemic.
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September 23, 2020 | New York Law Journal
A group of law graduates is asking the New York Board of Law Examiners to move to an open-book, unproctored exam or a diploma privilege system, citing multiple technical and security issues with next month's planned online exam.
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September 21, 2020 | New York Law Journal
Law schools across the country have found different ways to remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the contributions she made to the law and the legal academy.
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September 18, 2020 | Law.com
Jasmine Caruthers and A.C. Parham, both students at the University of South Carolina Law School, said their pro bono work researching the use of no-knock warrants on behalf of the lawyers representing Breonna Taylor's family was eye-opening.
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September 17, 2020 | Law.com
U.S. Supreme Court Stephen Breyer delivered Constitution Day remarks to the George Washington University community Sept. 17, noting the benefits and drawbacks on holding oral arguments by phone.
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September 16, 2020 | New York Law Journal
While New York lawmakers renewed their calls for the Court of Appeals to adopt a diploma privilege, the District of Columbia Court of Appeals took a step in that direction saying it might unveil a bar exam waiver option later this month.
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