By Karen Sloan | July 23, 2020
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. But California—the single-largest bar exam jurisdiction to commit to giving the Oct. 5 and 6 online exam—is not offering reciprocity to other online bar takers, said a spokeswoman for the State Bar of California.
By Alaina Lancaster | July 23, 2020
As California COVID-19 cases continue to climb, the court has decided to limit the number of people allowed in a courtroom for criminal proceedings to 10 individuals.
By Phillip Bantz | July 23, 2020
"We now have a platform that's making a huge difference in the pandemic that we're living in," Patton said.
By Victoria Hudgins | July 23, 2020
The U.S. court system has shifted to video conferencing platforms in record speed, but that sudden shift has come with its fair share of cringeworthy mishaps, including chaos in one California hearing.
By Shandyn Pierce | July 22, 2020
"Let's be clear, the court and the California Bar have set us up for failure," says Shandyn Pierce, a 2020 graduate of the University of California Hastings College of the Law.
By Jacqueline Thomsen | July 22, 2020
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg wrote "parents face a difficult choice: release their children to sponsors for an unknown amount of time, or keep their children with them in conditions that petitioners fear are dangerous."
By David Thomas | Brenda Sapino Jeffreys | Christine Simmons | July 22, 2020
Milbank, Haynes and Boone and other big firms are adjusting to the evolving news about bar exams. Many firms are playing it by ear.
By Scott Graham | July 21, 2020
Apple had argued that COVID-19 conditions in Texas generally, and Marshall particularly, made bringing people from all over the country into the courthouse unsafe. But Gilstrap said the court is taking numerous precautions as it ramps up for the country's first patent jury trial since March, and said there's no reason to think conditions will get any better in the near future.
By Karen Sloan | July 21, 2020
Anonymous Twitter account @BarExamTracker has predicted a number of in-person bar exam cancellations, including California, Georgia and New York. The author of the account discusses why the tweets have hit a nerve with test takers and how they accurately predict exam cancellations.
By Max Mitchell | July 21, 2020
While stressing that in-person argument is best, the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers recommended, to get as close as possible to that experience, that courts choose video arguments whenever possible, as many members expressed "a very strong preference for video arguments" over audio-only sessions.
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