I proudly endorse this call for #DiplomaPrivilege by my @FordhamLawNYC student @WPeriyasamy (w/ @MKCunningham91 @dp4ny).
"The only compassionate and equitable option for New York’s future lawyers right now is diploma privilege."
"The only compassionate and equitable option for New York’s future lawyers right now is diploma privilege."
https://twitter.com/WPeriyasamy/status/1288808961899139074
2/ "Under diploma privilege, applicants can be admitted to the bar w/o taking a bar exam but successfully graduating from law school & satisfying certain other requirements like passing the NY Law Exam & MPRE and completing a 'character and fitness' assessment."
3/ Most people don't know the history of the bar exam requirement.
For most of American history, most people became lawyers w/ neither law school nor a bar exam, but by "reading law" under a lawyer's supervision and a judge granting privileges to appear in his court...
For most of American history, most people became lawyers w/ neither law school nor a bar exam, but by "reading law" under a lawyer's supervision and a judge granting privileges to appear in his court...
4/ Over a century ago, Anglo-Saxon legal elites grew anxious about immigrants & children of working class becoming lawyers, so they erected "barriers of entry" to protect their privilege and status.
The requirement of college, law degree & bar exam were enormous costs & barriers.
The requirement of college, law degree & bar exam were enormous costs & barriers.
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