State Bar reverses course on certification deadline for law graduates
By Laurinda Keys
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
By David Houston
Tigran Palyan says family law has failed to build a pipeline for young lawyers. His answer is a structured summer associate pr...
A new financial sting for disciplined lawyers
By John Roemer
The California Supreme Court just extended the State Bar's restitution power, ruling that lawyers can be ordered to pay victim...
Final-week bar exam jitters? A few blunt, hard-won tips to get you through test day without losing the plot.
The messy secret to bar prep is the same one every skilled pianist knows: effortless only happens after you've messed up hundr...
UC Irvine Law elected to Order of the Coif
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The University of California, Irvine School of Law has been elected to the Order of the Coif, becoming the honor society's 88t...
The school will ban laptops and phones from first-year core classes this fall, betting that screen-free Socratic dialogue is t...
California will replace its current bar exam with the NextGen Uniform Bar Exam in July 2028, with a California-specific test c...
State Bar settles suit against Meazure Learning over exam snafu
By Devon Belcher
The State Bar reached a settlement with its former bar exam vendor, securing $5.25 million and cancellation of a $1.36 million...
Studying for the bar doesn't have to feel like punishment -- here's how to make it actually work.
Audit faults State Bar for rushed February 2025 bar exam rollout
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Report says the agency used AI-generated questions without proper disclosure and saw costs rise despite hopes of savings
New data on lawyers three years into practice shows record-low job hunting, shrinking but still heavy debt, and a wide pay gap...
The difference between passing the bar and failing it has less to do with what you know than with how you think -- and the goo...
A century after Bullocks Wilshire rose on a bet that shoppers would never travel west of downtown, Southwestern Law School is ...
The Uber ballot war we were ready to fight was called off last week in a private deal. Here is what it taught the next generat...
Most bar takers practice hundreds of MBE questions the wrong way; here's how to make every one count.
A practical, plain-spoken breakdown of how to use the IRAC method--issue, rule, application, and conclusion--to write clearer,...
Issues, not rules, win bar exam points -- and the way to catch them all is a repeatable checklist system, not a hope that they...
Diversity Lab to dissolve after FTC antitrust probe, ending legal industry diversity efforts
By David Houston
The agency opened a formal inquiry earlier this year into Diversity Lab's Mansfield Certification program, which has been adop...
Memorizing more won't fix what's actually wrong with your bar prep -- here's what will.
Retired appellate justice Dhanidina named dean of Western State law school
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
The retired 2nd District Court of Appeal justice brings nearly three decades of experience as a prosecutor, litigator, mediato...
The most overlooked section of the bar exam could be worth more points than everything you've been obsessing over -- and you o...
What you need to know, from applying to your first day on the job.
Berkeley law school adopts sweeping restrictions on student AI use
By David Houston
The policy, effective this summer, permits AI use only for limited research purposes unless professors expressly authorize bro...
Stop following someone else's playbook and start treating your bar prep like the self-directed, tailored endeavor it actually ...
The R.M. Pyles Boys Camp has spent decades mentoring youths through wilderness leadership and year-round support. One former c...
Bar exam vendor renews challenge to fraud claims
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Meazure Learning renewed its attack on the State Bar's fraud allegations, arguing the bar is improperly attempting to transfor...
Supporting bar exam candidates requires understanding the modern exam's demands and providing practical, emotional and logisti...
Passive bar prep -- lectures, outlines, endless highlighting -- feels productive but may be the reason you're not retaining wh...
Judicate West executive personally pledges $75k to fund Black law student scholarships in California
By Douglas Saunders Sr.
California Association of Black Lawyers President Tamara C. Michael said the contribution comes as the organization enters a n...

