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… are due out on Friday, November 21, 2008 at 6 p.m. PST.  At that time, they’ll be available ONLY to the applicants who sign in to the State Bar’s website with a special security code.
The general public will have access to the pass list on Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 6:00 a.m. PST by [...]

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Please, all of you taking the July exam, know that this is one of the most stressful times you’ll ever experience in your entire life.  But also know that the only way to fail the bar exam is not to take it until you pass.
So many potential attorneys take the exam and fail it, and [...]

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The simple…and surprising answer is yes!
It turns out that an attorney admitted to California who did not graduate from an ABA-approved school can sit for State of Washington Bar Exam based on Washington’s reciprocity rules.
Huh? Washington and California have reciprocity? Well, not exactly, but here’s how it works according to a non-ABA California attorney [...]

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Oklahoma City University School of Law has a web page of tips for candidates taking the OK Bar Exam. You can visit that page by clicking here.

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Professor Brian C. Kalt of the Michigan State University School of Law has penned two articles, both of which should be MUST reads for any law student (or even hardened old saw attorneys!).
They are, in reading order: “The Perfect Crime”, followed by “Tabloid Constitutionalism: How a Bill Doesn’t Become a Law”.
Abstract of “The Perfect [...]

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STATE BAR ANNOUNCES RESULTS FOR FEBRUARY 2008 CALIFORNIA BAR EXAMINATION
MEDIA CONTACT: Diane Curtis 415-538-2283

San Francisco, May 16, 2008 — May 16, 2008, 6:00 p.m. – The State Bar
of California’s Committee of Bar Examiners reported today that 39.6
percent of the applicants passed the February 2008 General Bar
Examination (GBX). If the 1,797 people who passed the February [...]

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The Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners announced on April 7th that 61 percent (395 persons) passed the February 2008 Bar Exam out of a total population of 652 persons who took the exam. Congratulations to all of the passers, and good luck to all those who have yet to pass the test.
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A very hot topic in California right now is the difference between California and federal law, and how the difference can be tested on the beloved (oops, dreaded) California Bar Exam.

Prof. Jeff Adachi of California Barbri fame has a good page to highlight some of those differences. Click here to jump to that page.
-Jonathan

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Why?
Because twice each year the State Bar hands them a gift in the form of an immensely powerful marketing tool. This marketing tool is easily adapted by each Bar Prep program to fit its own unique style and teaching method, and it comes with an iron-clad, time-tested, guarantee of effectiveness.
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It appears that the ABA is about to adopt a rule that requires that the at least 75% of bar-takers from ABA accredited schools pass their bar exams, or the school may be at risk of losing accreditation.

The National Law Journal has a story about this issue in its February 4, 2008 edition. CLICK [...]

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