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AND, given the current HIGH rate of high stress/anxiety amongst law students, should we not be considering upstream causes as well?
Apparently, we've known since the 1960s that the way we educate lawyers is fraught.
Yet, here we are. Educating lawyers like it's the 1960s.
Apparently, we've known since the 1960s that the way we educate lawyers is fraught.
Yet, here we are. Educating lawyers like it's the 1960s.
"The study of mental health of law students can be traced back to the late 1960s when research published in the Wisconsin Law Review found that 'failure anxiety' has been a serious impediment for first-year law students’ ability to study.
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Research from the 1980s all the way to 2016 has shown that the stress and anxiety is not only a problem found among 1Ls, but also one that continues throughout the law school journey."
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We're steeped in racist and classist exclusion and perhaps those who now insist the exam must be protected at all costs don't realize this.
Well, you do now. The truth is being told.
With this truth comes power and incentive to make change NOW.
No reason exists to wait.
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Well, you do now. The truth is being told.
With this truth comes power and incentive to make change NOW.
No reason exists to wait.
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"South Carolina offered diploma privilege until 1950. When the first class of African Americans was set to graduate from law school, a bill was proposed in the South Carolina General Assembly to require bar passage for the purpose
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of blocking 'negroes and some undesirable whites' from entering the profession. This was not unique. The creation of the bar exam coincides with the first Civil Rights Act in 1875. After three Black lawyers were unintentionally granted membership in the ABA in 1914,
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#NCBarExam Thread:
As 750+ applicants make their final preparations to start the NC Bar Exam tomorrow, I wish them good luck.
That said, it's important to reflect on why we are still going forward with a high-risk event.
@DBRodriguez5 @BarExamTracker @IAALS @kleee
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As 750+ applicants make their final preparations to start the NC Bar Exam tomorrow, I wish them good luck.
That said, it's important to reflect on why we are still going forward with a high-risk event.
@DBRodriguez5 @BarExamTracker @IAALS @kleee
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Over three months ago, the ABA Board of Governors approved a policy resolution, urging licensing authorities to immediately adopt emergency rules in response to the risks created by an in-person exam during a pandemic.
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.@philbergerjr wrote a letter to the NCGA, which identified several plans used by other jdxs to mitigate the risks of a 750+ applicant gathering. Even after the bar exam tomorrow and Wednesday, these are critical issues that the NCGA should examine.
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