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Danielle Craig
@danielle__craig
@BerkeleyLaw 2020 grad || burgeoning abolitionist || based in california, new yorker at heart || hike, read, repeat || all views my own || #EndMassIncarceration
Jun 27, 2020 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Sharing why I am a #barexam abolitionist: the history of the bar exam is ugly. In 1875, the first Civil Rights Act passed. White people feared Black people would have more access to civic life, (even tho the Act failed) including becoming attys which at the time just needed 1/8 apprenticeship/training. Enter the bar examination in 1885. The legal profession's version of the voting literacy tests. In 1912 the ABA "accidentally" granted three Black lawyers membership (prob means just didn't know they were Black - records are not clear). ABA convened 2/8