Twenty-five Maryland legislators are urging the state’s top court to permit law school graduates to be admitted to the bar without having to take this fall’s online exam, citing fairness concerns wrought by COVID-19 and the pressing need for more ...

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Amid the pandemic, Maryland should permit bar applicants to forgo this fall’s online exam and be admitted if they have graduated from an American Bar Association accredited law school, pass the state’s existing tests of professional responsibility and Maryland law, ...

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The two-day Maryland bar exam originally scheduled for the end of July at the Baltimore Convention Center will be administered online Oct. 5 and 6 due to continuing concern about spreading the COVID-19 virus, the State Board of Law Examiners ...

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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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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 Maryland’s first year using the Uniform Bar Examination, both the University of Maryland and the University of Baltimore law schools saw a significant improvement in bar passage rates.

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I’d bet my law license that everyone studying for this month’s bar exam has received unsolicited advice on how best to prepare for the test: Make sure to take a bar review class, pace yourself, get plenty of sleep, don’t ...

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Welcome to Monday, the 41st anniversary of Affirmed’s victory in the Preakness Stakes. Here are some news items to get your week started: — The “American Taliban” is scheduled to be released from prison this week. — A California man ...

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Nationwide, nearly 90% of 2016 law school graduates who sat for the bar exam within two years of graduation have passed, according to figures released by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. The data, which ...

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