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Category: Bar Admissions

Bar Admissions

Avoiding Lies and Omissions on Law School Applications

The Louisiana Supreme Court has struggled with bar applications submitted by law graduates who omitted criminal history information on their law school applications. Most recently, on December 8, 2015, the …

Bar Admissions

Drug Testing for Bar Applicants?

Yes, at least in Tennessee. On December 21, 2015, the Supreme Court of Tennessee amended its bar admissions rules to include this paragraph: (b) The Board or any individual member …

Bar Admissions / Professionalism

Should Lawyering Skills Be Required for Admission to the Bar?

New York’s highest court is considering imposing such a requirement. On October 9, 2015, the court requested public comment on a recommendation from its Task Force on Experiential Learning and …

Bar Admissions

U.S. Department of Justice and Louisiana Supreme Court Settle Bar Admissions ADA Dispute

In a sweeping settlement reached on August 14, 2014, the United States Department of Justice and the Louisiana Supreme Court put an end to the Department’s three-year investigation into Louisiana’s …

Bar Admissions / Recent Cases

U.S. Department of Justice Rebukes Louisiana’s Bar Admissions Process

In a February 5, 2013 letter to the Louisiana Supreme Court, the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice describes serious problems with “Louisiana’s attorney licensure system,” …

Bar Admissions

Louisiana’s Restrictive Reciprocal Bar Admission Rule Likely Constitutional

A federal district court in National Association for the Advancement of Multijurisdiction Practice v. Berch recently upheld the constitutionality of an Arizona bar admission rule that grants reciprocal admission to lawyers …

Bar Admissions / If I Could Change . . .

Add Ethics to the “Real” Bar Examination

Tomorrow (August 17, 2013), the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) will administer the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE) to applicants seeking admission to practice law in Louisiana and most other jurisdictions …

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