State Bar & Bar Associations
Oct. 5, 2015
Please do not change the bar exam
In the coming days, the state Supreme Court will be deciding whether to approve the recommendation of the State Bar to reduce the California bar exam from three days to two.
Ira L. Shafiroff
Professor
Southwestern Law School
Email: ishafiroff@swlaw.edu
Ira is the author of "First-Year Law School Success: the Ultimate and Essential Guide for Every 1L" (4th ed. 613 House) (2018). The views expressed in Mr. Shafiroff's columns are his own.
In the coming days, the state Supreme Court will be deciding whether to approve the recommendation of the State Bar to reduce the California bar exam from three days to two. As one who has been a practicing lawyer, law school professor, and bar review lecturer for over 30 years, I hope that the court will reject the bar's recommendation.
There are six reasons to reject the bar's recommendation, most of which relate to the Multistate...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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