By Cheryl Miller | August 30, 2020
Former longtime legislative attorney Fredericka McGee and the bar were in contract negotiations when the bar's board of trustees withdrew its offer, sources told The Recorder. The president of the bar's board of trustees called it an "evolving situation," but declined to elaborate.
By Victoria Hudgins | August 25, 2020
All eyes were on Utah when it allowed nonlawyers to perform more legal services and share fees with lawyers for the first time in the U.S. Now states will closely watch how Utah lawyers' revenue and consumer complaints fare in the new "sandbox."
By Cheryl Miller | August 19, 2020
The enormous interest in taking the upcoming exam suggests that the new lower passing score of 139 may have attracted more test-takers than the online format has scared away, at least for now.
By Cheryl Miller | August 10, 2020
An administrative order accompanying the letter to the bar reiterates the court's decision to hold an online bar exam on Oct. 5 and 6 and to permanently lower the cut score to 139 starting with that test.
By Victoria Hudgins | August 5, 2020
Many bar takers are concerned that one too many movements, or a biased AI system that can't accurately assess a nonwhite face, might prevent their law career.
By Karen Sloan | August 4, 2020
The American Bar Association's House of Delegates on Tuesday voted 256-146 in favor of a resolution urging states to find alternatives to in-person bar exams amid the pandemic.
By Karen Sloan | July 28, 2020
The American Bar Association surveyed more than 1,000 new lawyers, and found that they owed an average $160,000 in student loans. That hefty debt is influencing their career paths and life decisions.
By Cheryl Miller | July 24, 2020
Nineteen deans submitted a letter to the high court Thursday night asking that the "cut" score of 139, lowered by the Supreme Court from 144 last week, extend to graduates who sat for the February 2020 exam.
By Cheryl Miller | July 20, 2020
"We know that the lagging growth of diversity in the legal profession limits progress to eradicate inequities in the justice system," the bar's interim executive director, Donna Hershkowitz, said in a statement.
By Cheryl Miller | July 17, 2020
A 2017 study by the state bar found that lowering the cut score to 139 on the July 2016 exam would have resulted in hundreds of additional applicants passing.
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