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The bar exam requires an applicant to demonstrate at least some baseline legal knowledge and ability to analyze information. This is an important element in protecting the public from people who are not prepared to practice law.
11 wrz 2024 · With a bar exam remaining as a pathway (and likely the primary pathway) to attorney licensure, this issue takes a closer look at—and answers some of the (many) questions asked about—the additional pathways to licensure. Q: Is Washington alone in creating alternative pathways to licensure?
14 wrz 2024 · Applicants who passed the July 2024 bar exam must complete all of the requirements through the online admissions site. See the New Admittee Process Instructions for more information.
The bar exam will no longer be required to become a lawyer in Washington, the state Supreme Court ruled in a pair of orders Friday. The court approved alternative ways to show competency and earn a law license after appointing a task force to examine the issue in 2020.
15 maj 2024 · Lawyer Bar Exam Results and Licensing. A list of those who passed the most recent lawyer bar exam and procedures and requirements for admission of lawyers into the Washington State Bar Association.
29 lip 2024 · The Washington Supreme Court has approved a new bar exam format and concept recommendations for additional pathways to attorney licensure, following 50 years of debate. The exam has historically disadvantaged marginalized groups.
The state Supreme Court appointed a Bar Licensure Task Force to study alternative ways to show competency in 2020, after COVID-19-related modifications resulting in many questioning the efficacy of the current exam.
