The two-day Maryland bar exam was postponed Tuesday until Sept. 9 and 10 due to concerns about the potential spread of the COVID-19 virus if the test were administered as scheduled in late July at the Baltimore Convention Center. The ...
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With cancellation of the July bar exam a possibility, the Maryland Judiciary is considering whether law school graduates denied an opportunity to take the test this summer should be permitted to begin practicing under the supervision of attorneys. Court of Appeals ...
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For the second straight year, 302 people sat for the Maryland bar examination in February and 39% of them passed. The 302 February test takers this year and last marked the lowest figure since March 1965, when 279 people sat ...
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The practice of law may never be the same after the pandemic-compelled quarantine is lifted and courts are back operating at full speed, according to longtime Maryland lawyers. Attorneys accustomed to having face-to-face meetings and exchanging documents in person have ...
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As Maryland businesses scramble to understand and respond to the legal implications of the coronavirus pandemic, Baltimore law firms are providing free online resources and services to help. Firms say hundreds of people have listened to legal webinars or taken ...
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The Maryland governor’s stay-at-home order and court closings that have stunned the general populace and largely stymied trial attorneys have left appellate counsel largely unscathed, as their research, writing and argument preparation are generally accomplished indoors and in private. “In ...
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Attorney Samuel Edward Hensley was disbarred Friday by the Maryland Court of Appeals, which found that he had misappropriated funds owed to a client’s medical providers, and that he failed to communicate or provide services to another client by not ...
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As the coronavirus pandemic upends plans nationwide, the National Conference of Bar Examiners has announced it will leave to state bar examiners the decision on whether to hold the bar examination in July or to postpone it until the fall. ...
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In a survey of Maryland attorneys conducted from Feb. 21 to March 6, 52% of respondents agreed the economy was strong overall. How quickly things have changed.
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John Bessler, a professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law and the husband of former presidential candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar, has tested positive for the coronavirus
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