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State Bar reverses course on certification deadline for law graduates

After weeks of objections from prosecutors and public defenders, the State Bar admissions chief says the agency has reversed i...

Incoming LACBA family law chair champions program to recruit next generation of attorneys

Tigran Palyan says family law has failed to build a pipeline for young lawyers. His answer is a structured summer associate pr...

Last-minute tips for the bar exam

Final-week bar exam jitters? A few blunt, hard-won tips to get you through test day without losing the plot.



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A new financial sting for disciplined lawyers

The California Supreme Court just extended the State Bar's restitution power, ruling that lawyers can be ordered to pay victims of civil fraud judgments as a condition of discipline -- even when those victims were never clients.

The uncomfortable truth that most bar exam advice ignores

The messy secret to bar prep is the same one every skilled pianist knows: effortless only happens after you've messed up hundreds of times in private.

UC Irvine Law elected to Order of the Coif

The University of California, Irvine School of Law has been elected to the Order of the Coif, becoming the honor society's 88th member and the only law school admitted this year. The designation recognizes excellence in legal education and scholarship and allows the school to establish a chapter that will induct its top graduates.