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September 24, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer
State Sen. Larry Farnese has introduced a trio of diploma privilege bills that would allow law graduates to skip the bar exam, but the legislation has little chance of passing before the online exam scheduled for Oct. 5-7.
By Karen Sloan
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September 15, 2020 | Daily Business Review
Brian Heckmann, a 2020 graduate of Florida International University College of Law, said he believes the Florida Board of Bar Examiners is punishing him for speaking out against its handling of the bar exam by subjecting him to a heightened character and fitness review.
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September 10, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer
Law graduates had asked the court to adopt an emergency diploma privilege, arguing that the planned online exam is riddled with technical problems and is unfair to examinees.
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August 10, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer
Pennsylvania is moving ahead with an online bar exam Oct. 5-7 despite a growing movement surrounding a temporary diploma privilege.
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July 28, 2020 | Law.com
Bar exam takers in Michigan couldn't access the second module of the exam temporarily when the website that distributes passwords crashed. The Michigan Supreme Court said the issue was quickly resolved.
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July 27, 2020 | Law.com
Both states pushed back their planned online bar exams just four days before they were slated to take place. The delays are intended to allow time to fix software glitches.
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July 23, 2020 | Law.com
Many states that are now administering an online bar exam in October are making reciprocity deals with each other, meaning test takers can transfer their scores for admission in multiple states.
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July 21, 2020 | Law.com
The author of the anonymous @BarExamTracker discusses why the Twitter account has hit a nerve with test takers and how they accurately predict exam cancellations.
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July 16, 2020 | The Legal Intelligencer
"I was relieved," said Penn State Dickinson Law Dean Danielle Conway of the reversal. "But this took a significant amount of time to respond to, as it was dropped on us six weeks before orientation.
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July 9, 2020 | Law.com
The Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners has thus far resisted calls from recent law graduates to extend an emergency diploma privilege.
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