For the second time in two months, a committee charged with considering alternatives to California’s notoriously difficult bar exam failed to reach a consensus on how, or even if, the state might offer a path to a law license that doesn’t require passing the traditional two-day test.

Over four hours Thursday, the Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of the Bar Exam hashed out proposals for a supervised law practice program that could also include ongoing coursework, an open-book exam and a vetted portfolio of completed work. But in the end, the group’s 17 voting members could not find majority support for any of the four recommendations put up for a vote.

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