Delaware’s Supreme Court Raised The Bar For Administering The Bar Exam – Above the Law

The bar examination sucks. The required evil camp tends to say that some standardized take a look at wants to face as the nice hurdle to guarantee that not simply any mouth breather who finishes a JD program can observe willy-nilly — if the bar is the bar, so be it.  The a lot cooler, down-to-earth and better-dressed camp tends to say that the bar does a greater job of hazing aspiring attorneys than it measures competency to observe. And whereas they aren’t full on abolishing the bar, Delaware’s latest changes to the method are good causes for the latter camp to be a bit appreciative. From Reuters:

Delaware’s high courtroom on Tuesday lowered the rating required to go the state’s bar examination and adopted different modifications to lawyer licensing necessities within the state, which is a serious hub for enterprise litigation.

The Delaware Supreme Courtroom stated in a press release that the modifications embody lowering the “reduce” rating from a scale of 145 to 143 on the bar examination and providing the take a look at twice a 12 months as an alternative of as soon as.

These are some highly effective quality-of-life changes. Certain, the rating change is cool and all, however doubling the quantity of instances the take a look at is obtainable is a much-needed sport changer.

Chief Justice Collins J. Seitz Jr within the courtroom’s announcement known as the modifications a “modernization” of the admission course of to raised match necessities in different states somewhat than a “reducing of requirements.” He stated the revisions will assist the state keep aggressive in attracting authorized expertise.

Seitz in a press release stated Delaware is the one state to supply the examination solely every year, which might “frustrate candidates” in the event that they fail and have to attend a 12 months to retake the take a look at and will imperil their potential to work within the state.

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Along with the doubled alternative to sit down for the examination, the Delaware bar has additionally made some a lot appreciated substantive changes.

The variety of essays on the examination can be being decreased from eight to 4, which is able to shorten the take a look at period from its present two and a half days to 2 days, in response to a memo from the Delaware Board of Bar Examiners, whose suggestions the courtroom adopted. The variety of essay matters can even lower.

Whereas taking the bar sucks, hopefully it’ll suck a bit bit much less. If it stays a ache within the ass regardless of the QOL modifications, you’ll be able to have some peace of thoughts understanding that you simply’ll have double the chance to voice your complaints to suggestions@abovethelaw.com

Delaware Lowers Bar Go Rating, Eases Path For Lawyer Licensing [Reuters]

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