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.@il_bar just sent out a Code of Conduct for the remote bar exam.
(If you haven’t received it yet, don’t worry- you know how IBAB’s emails never arrive at the same time for all of us, if they arrive at all).
“favorite” provisions below #ILbarexam #barpocalypse
(If you haven’t received it yet, don’t worry- you know how IBAB’s emails never arrive at the same time for all of us, if they arrive at all).
“favorite” provisions below #ILbarexam #barpocalypse
If anything goes wrong and we fail as a result, we’ll that’s just a shame.
Nothing to be done.
Cool. #ILbarexam #barpocalypse
Nothing to be done.
Cool. #ILbarexam #barpocalypse
What does P mean? Can we challenge if we are flagged and failed because of testing conditions? If so, how?
And 280 characters is not enough to go into our concerns with ExamSoft’s privacy policy. #ILbarexam #barpocalypse
And 280 characters is not enough to go into our concerns with ExamSoft’s privacy policy. #ILbarexam #barpocalypse
🧵: reiterating the point that the @NCBEX and bar examiners like @il_bar have known/should have known that the October 2020 remote bar exam was a VERY risky move for MONTHS + what they can do about it now. 1/n
#barpocalypse #remotebarexam #barexam
#barpocalypse #remotebarexam #barexam
On August 6, @Extegrity released a statement through @BarExamTracker saying that it would not participate in the remote bar exam.
Extegrity informed the jurisdictions it had been working with of this on July 27 and the @NCBEX on July 28. #barpocalypse 2/n
Extegrity informed the jurisdictions it had been working with of this on July 27 and the @NCBEX on July 28. #barpocalypse 2/n
On August 4, a week after the @NCBEX learned that one of its 3 approved vendors did not believe that the remote exam was feasible as currently planned, NCBE Trustee/ NCBE's ABA House Delegate Bucky Askew opposed the discussion of/vote on @ABAhod Resolution 10G. #barpocalypse 3/n
Recent IL law graduates will not forget the silence of their deans right now: @DePaulLawDean @darbydickerson @Dean_CMDavidson @UIllinoisLaw @NIU_Law @UChicagoLaw @LoyolaLawDean @NorthwesternLaw
#ILbarexam #barpocalypse #diplomaprivilegenow
#ILbarexam #barpocalypse #diplomaprivilegenow
NY deans managed to come together in support of diploma privilege:
PA deans managed to come together in support of diploma privilege:
I can't help but notice that in defending the Bar Exam, @NCBEX and some state BLEs have created a public relations disaster. (Thread)
#Lawtwitter #Barpocalypse #bloodybarpocalypse
#Lawtwitter #Barpocalypse #bloodybarpocalypse
How did we get here? Easy.
1. Ignore student health concerns.
2. Imply movement for diploma privilege is just a small group of lazy whiny students.
3. Commingle legitimate anger about being ignored with improper attacks to chill speech about the Bar Exam
1. Ignore student health concerns.
2. Imply movement for diploma privilege is just a small group of lazy whiny students.
3. Commingle legitimate anger about being ignored with improper attacks to chill speech about the Bar Exam
4. Tell students they should focus on studying. As if that's possible when your Bar could be canceled at the last minute.
5. Establish draconian search rules for an in person exam.
6. Establish draconian movement rules for an online exam.
5. Establish draconian search rules for an in person exam.
6. Establish draconian movement rules for an online exam.
Also in the big #MakeMeSmart this week, you know what I've gotten obsessed with? The bar exam. So turns out, multiple states are insisting on holding bar exams *in person* this month, putting students at risk or ensuring only young healthy probably white people show up. 1/
And that's draconian and dangerous and exclusionary in a pandemic, but it turns out the bar exam *always has been* draconian and exclusionary. 2/ theappeal.org/2020-bar-exam-…
Three states are letting graduates enter the bar without taking the exam, something called "diploma privilege," based on the crazy idea that if you graduated from law school, you uh, are a lawyer, no elitist and death-defying test required. 3/ washingtonpost.com/education/2020…
American friends struggling with the bar exam nightmare #barpocalypse: There is a better alternative than either forcing law graduates to do the bar exam (useless at the best of times, criminally negligent now) or sending them into the practice of law with nothing but a J.D. 1/11
Law grads don't need to be re-tested on what they learned in law school (or if they do, then the regulator needs to de-accredit the school). They've got the substantive law knowledge. What they need are the skills, supports, and structures to become working legal professionals.
Here are two programs from Canada that address this need.
In Ontario, the Law Practice Program includes a 17-week Training Component, centred around a virtual "simulated law firm" that provides activities and assignments to help develop lawyer skills. lpp.ryerson.ca/prospective-ca…
In Ontario, the Law Practice Program includes a 17-week Training Component, centred around a virtual "simulated law firm" that provides activities and assignments to help develop lawyer skills. lpp.ryerson.ca/prospective-ca…
