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Bar Exam

Bar Exam

The California Bar Exam's February Fiasco

An online administration meltdown and question leaks leave test takers frustrated and furious and others demanding answers.

Jonathan H. Adler |The Volokh Conspiracy | 3.2.2025 11:46 AM

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Bar Exam

Study Finds Bar Exam Requirements Greatly Reduce the Number of Lawyers

New research by legal scholar Kyle Roxzema finds that bar exam requirements reduce the number of lawyers by 16%, and even variations in the difficulty of exam requirements have big effects.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 6.15.2023 3:19 PM

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Bar Exam

Stephen Carter Makes the Case for Barring the Bar Exam

The famous columnist and Yale Law School professor points out that the case made against other standardized tests, such as the LSAT, also applies to bar exams.

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 7.13.2022 8:58 PM

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Occupational Licensing

How to Make Bar Exams Great Again

Bar exams should be abolished. But if that's not feasible, this modest proposal for exam reform should help restore them to their former glory!

Ilya Somin |The Volokh Conspiracy | 7.9.2019 3:06 AM

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