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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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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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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.
What is [...]

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Professor James D. Miller, of Smith College wrote an interesting piece on his blog (this link) about the California Bar exam. It begins,
Rather then forbidding these 43.9% from practicing law California should allow them to practice so long as they clearly tell their clients that they failed the bar exam. This way the [...]

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Who?
Oh, yes, that 18 year old who just passed the California Bar Exam (on her first try). The woman who enrolled in college full time at age 11. The woman who went to law school at age 15.
Read more about Ms. Holtz in the L.A. Times. Click here.

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The State Bar of California has posted on its website a summary of the pass rates for the July 2007 exam. This is an interesting slip in-and-of itself, however the pass rates are the star.
According to the report (see: http://calbar.ca.gov/calbar/pdfs/admissions/Pass_StatsSummary.pdf), the pass rates are:
General Examinees: 56.1%
Attorney Examinees: 37.3%
The pass rate for general examinees is [...]

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…may you score every point you need to pass the Bar Exam!
Jonathan

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Hoov Esq’s blog has a wonderful and wonderfully funny post about studying for the California Bar Exam. Highly recommended.
A snippet:
“Of course, this is not just any Bar. This is the California Bar. The King of Bars. New York is open-book and in Texas they let you use a crayon to draw out little easement [...]

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