In this week’s Saturday Seminar, scholars consider how the NextGen exam and alternative licensure pathways may transform legal education and who gets to become a lawyer.

In this September 2020 photo, several recent law school graduates protested the California Supreme Court's refusal to make the state bar exam's new lower passing score retroactive. (Courthouse News ...

The United States is on the brink of a transformative shift in how lawyers are licensed, with more than half of U.S. jurisdictions opting to adopt the NextGen Bar Exam by its debut in July 2026.

Opening more paths for students in secondary education, such as vocational school, would help reduce the great pressure faced by families of students taking the entrance exam to enter grade 10.

Nov 13 (Reuters) - The State Bar of California has received nearly 3,000 public comments on a proposal to allow law school graduates to become licensed without taking the bar exam – with most of those ...