In less than two months, COVID-19 has killed more than 40,000 Americans and upended our economy. It has stoked fear and generated a debilitating uncertainty, causing tremendous stress and anxiety. And it seems unlikely simply to go away in the near future.

For students graduating this spring, traditional ceremonies celebrating their achievements have been canceled or postponed. For law students, graduation was the penultimate step in the path to becoming a lawyer. After graduation, nearly all begin studying for the July bar exam — except this year.