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For the second straight year, about 63 percent of those who took the Maryland bar exam in July passed the test, the first indication that the recent downward trend in the passage rate might be coming to an end. In ...

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Maryland’s top court Wednesday rejected a proposal that would have generally limited to six the number of times a would-be Maryland lawyer would be permitted to take the state bar exam.

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Six would generally be the maximum number of times a would-be Maryland lawyer could take the state bar exam under a proposed rule the state’s top court will consider on June 1.

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It’s time we remove the state bar exam as a barrier to practice and focus on what qualities really make a good lawyer.

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Law school graduates who took the February bar exam in Maryland still have about a month to go until their results are released, but according to the National Conference of Bar Examiners, the average score earned nationwide on the multiple ...

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The American Bar Association is considering imposing stricter bar passage requirements on law schools.

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You won’t be hearing from me for the next couple weeks because I’ll be in serious study mode. It wasn’t too long ago that I sat for the Maryland bar exam. Now, I’m torturing myself again by sitting for the ...

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As quickly as possible, Maryland must adopt the Uniform Bar Examination.

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