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State Bar & Bar Associations

Dec. 1, 2023

California bar exam unnecessarily screens out potential excellent lawyers

Many legal services organizations and legal aid attorneys strongly support the proposed pilot creating a portfolio alternative to the state bar exam.

Claudia B. Center

Legal Director
Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund

3075 Adeline Street, Suite 210
Berkeley , CA 94703

Phone: (510) 644-2555

Fax: (510) 841-8645

Email: ccenter@dredf.org

UC Berkeley SOL; Berkeley CA

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

A recent article about a portfolio alternative to the Bar Exam (“ State Bar sends Supreme Court another unpopular alternative to the exam,” Nov. 20) focused primarily on opposition to the idea. However, many legal services organizations and legal aid attorneys strongly support the proposed pilot creating a portfolio alternative to the bar exam. Twenty-three IOLTA-funded organizations joined an Oct. 25 letter of support...

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