By Karen Sloan | April 16, 2018
An American Bar Association committee has recommended axing the accreditation standard mandating that schools use a standardized test in admissions.
By Meghan Tribe | March 14, 2018
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, the American Bar Association has released a manual outlining recommendations for the legal industry in tackling workplace sexual harassment.
By Cheryl Miller | March 9, 2018
Bar leaders say the agency doesn't have the estimated $15.5 million to pay for the new fingerprints and ensuing background checks, so they're passing along the costs to members.
By Cheryl Miller | February 26, 2018
Assemblyman Adam Gray, D-Merced, has introduced legislation that would require most active lawyers in the state to provide at least 25 hours of free legal services each year. Attorneys could opt out of the requirement—if they pay $500 to the state bar's legal aid program.
By Cheryl Miller | January 23, 2018
Who says California's bar exam is too tough? Not graduates of University of Chicago Law School. All 28 Chicago alumni who took the bar exam for the first time in July 2017 passed.
By Cheryl Miller | December 27, 2017
Four Bay Area law schools posted double-digit gains in bar exam pass rates for the July 2017 test, according to school-specific numbers released by the state bar. Here's a by-the-numbers look at how California schools performed.
By Cheryl Miller | December 12, 2017
As wildfires ravage Southern California, the State Bar of California has filed disciplinary charges against a Bay Area attorney who allegedly withheld $400,000 in settlement funds from victims of a 2006 fire.
By Cheryl Miller | November 22, 2017
Now, once again, anyone can see the names of those who scored a coveted 144 or higher on the California bar exam, as well as their home zip codes.
By Cheryl Miller | November 20, 2017
The pass rate on California's July bar exam may have risen to a five-year high but one dean says the state remains on "a wayward path" by holding on to a score requirement that is the second highest in the country.
By Cheryl Miller | November 17, 2017
The percentage of prospective lawyers who passed California's July bar exam crept upward to 49.6 percent, ending a three-year skid in scores marked last year by the lowest pass rate—43 percent—in three decades.
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