While it was good that @il_bar did this, it honestly never should have gotten to this point.
If IL had just granted #DiplomaPrivilegeNow like UT, OR, WA, & LA, IBAB may have still been able to also safely administer the UBE to those who wanted/needed a transferrable score...
October 2020 examinees lost reciprocity with 23 jurisdictions because of @il_bar's and @illinoiscourts' decisions- not to mention all the additional jurisdictions that accept transferred MBE scores: ncbex.org/assets/BarAdmi…
* In WA, 571 were licensed w/ DP, while ~80 took the bar exam in July and ~50 will took the bar exam in Sept (bit.ly/3kfQQgd). In LA, 427 chose to receive their licenses through emergency licensure; ~300 registered for a remote bar exam (bit.ly/2ZAytuP).
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🧵: 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
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
.@illinoiscourts@il_bar@2CivilityOrg: your silence throughout all of this speaks volumes. this exam has, is, and will continue to disproportionately affect bar applicants of color. #ILbarexam
30% of Illinoisians are not white. The ARDC tracks age, gender, and years practicing in its annual reports, but not race. Yet we still know that the racial makeup of lawyers in Chicago at least is not representative of the people living there: chicagobusiness.com/article/201712…