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The recommendation is to allow a diploma privilege that includes the usual bar admission requirements—except for taking and passing the bar exam. New lawyers would still have to satisfy the character and fitness requirements and other proposed criteria such as completion of the Pennsylvania Bridge the Gap course before admission.
July 30, 2020 at 06:36 PM
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The Pennsylvania Bar Association Board of Governors is asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and Board of Law Examiners to offer a diploma privilege to certain 2020 law school graduates because of the coronavirus.
Delaying the bar exam and even planning a virtual test to control the spread of the virus have not been enough to allay concerns, according to a report and recommendations from the bar’s COVID-19 task force.
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