Thursday, September 24, 2020

Temporary tickets?

 Bloomberg Law reports: California Bar OKs Temporary Law Licenses in Place of Bar Exam

  • The California State Bar’s Board of Trustees approved a plan that would grant temporary licenses to recent law school grads, as long as they promise to take the bar exam at a later date.
  • The provisional licensing program, which had been ordered by the California Supreme Court, will serve as a stop-gap measure for law school graduates who haven’t yet passed a bar exam but wish to practice until the program ends in June of 2022. To remain licensed, participants will need to pass the bar once the program ends.
  • The state’s high court on Wednesday rejected a petition for diploma privilege, which would have allowed lawyers to be fully licensed without ever taking the exam.