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Friday, August 4, 2017
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July 31, 2017, 8:30 am CDT August 1, 2017, 8:30 am CDT July 31, 2017, 4:10 pm CDT A Message From ABA Journal
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From the August 2017 Issue When I moved to a small law firm, I experienced racism and sexism firsthand Amateur attorneys fill vital need for inmate access to the courts
From our Blawg Directory Posts are comics influenced by their creator's legal training and experience as a corporate lawyer. |
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We want to hear from you This week, the State Bar of California released results of a standard-setting study of the state bar exam’s passing score. One proposal that came out of the study was to set a new interim California bar exam cut score at 1414 from the current 1440. The California bar exam is known for being difficult: In fact, only 43 percent of the applicants who took the July 2016 exam passed. So, we’d like to ask you: Should bar exam pass scores be lower? In every state? In the state where you practice? Or do you think the bar exam is a pointless exercise? Answer in the comments. Read the answers to last week’s question: Have you ever moonlighted to supplement your primary income? Featured answer: Posted by LarieBee: “I practice law full-time, and I’ve continued to occasionally cater for the business I worked at through college. You can’t beat the cash for serving high-end food and drinks in a party atmosphere. I also get to do a fair amount of networking at catering events, as many of the regular clients were happy to follow my success during and after school. While I have no desire to practice in Chicago, it’s nice knowing I have connections there if need be. As a young attorney in a rural area, I still enjoy surprising out-of-town guests who make assumptions about their servers.”
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You be the judge Examine this scenario and send us your strongest caption for the August cartoon. The most popular choice in our monthly poll will be printed in the ABA Journal.
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