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Test-takers toil at the July 2014 Maryland Bar Exam at the Baltimore Convention Center. (The Daily Record/Lauren Kirkwood)
May 19, 2016

It’s 6 strikes and you’re out under proposed Md. bar-exam rule

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.

A lawyerly lesson from the great outdoors
Apr 19, 2016

3 reasons to abolish state-specific bar exams

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

Test-takers toil at the July 2014 Maryland Bar Exam at the Baltimore Convention Center. (The Daily Record/Lauren Kirkwood)
Apr 4, 2016

Multistate Bar Exam average scores continue to fall

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 […]

Test-takers toil at the July 2014 Maryland Bar Exam at the Baltimore Convention Center. (The Daily Record/Lauren Kirkwood)
Mar 24, 2016

ABA considers stricter bar passage requirement for law schools

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

A lawyerly lesson from the great outdoors
Jan 25, 2016

Why I’m taking the Florida bar exam

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 […]

Nov 19, 2015

Commentary: The time is now for Md. to adopt the Uniform Bar Examination

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

Making the leap into blogging
Nov 10, 2015

On bar exam results day

On Friday, I was fortunate to see the look on my law clerk’s face immediately after she received word she passed the Maryland Bar Exam. As per tradition, glasses of Crown […]

Test-takers toil at the July 2014 Maryland Bar Exam at the Baltimore Convention Center. (The Daily Record/Lauren Kirkwood)
Nov 9, 2015

Maryland sees lowest July bar exam passage rate since 1997

Just 63 percent of those who took the Maryland bar exam in July passed the test, the lowest summer passage rate in the state in 18 years. RELATED: See who […]

Test-takers toil at the July 2014 Maryland Bar Exam at the Baltimore Convention Center. (The Daily Record/Lauren Kirkwood)
Nov 9, 2015

Here’s the list of people who passed the Md. bar exam

The following is a list of successful applicants at the Maryland Bar Examination held on July 28 and 29, 2015. The State Board of Law Examiners has recommended to the […]

Took the July bar exam? Your unofficial results have been posted
Nov 6, 2015

Took the July bar exam? Your unofficial results have been posted

Happy Friday, and congratulations to the 827 individuals who (unofficially) passed July’s Maryland bar exam! The Maryland State Board of Law Examiners posted the unofficial pass-or-fail results for the exam […]

Don’t forget those childhood dreams
Oct 14, 2015

What to do while you wait for the Bar exam results

It’s almost that time for some of our readers. The day that seems to bring about fear, anticipation and dread simultaneously. The day when one of two words will (seemingly) […]

Test-takers toil at the July 2014 Maryland Bar Exam at the Baltimore Convention Center. (The Daily Record/Lauren Kirkwood)
Sep 21, 2015

A first look at July bar exam results doesn’t bode well

Although Maryland’s State Board of Law Examiners won’t release the bar exam results for those who took the July test until November, early national numbers are not encouraging — the […]

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