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Many States Are Postponing, Cancelling Or Moving the Bar Exam Online This Year

Published July 24, 2020 at 12:20 PM EDT
Passing the bar exam is necessary to practice law, but because of the coronavirus pandemic, some jurisdictions are canceling the test this year. (Jeff Chiu/AP)
Passing the bar exam is necessary to practice law, but because of the coronavirus pandemic, some jurisdictions are canceling the test this year. (Jeff Chiu/AP)

Passing the bar exam is necessary to practice law, but because of the coronavirus pandemic, some jurisdictions are canceling the test this year.

Some are moving to an online exam, others are allowing diploma privilege. Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson talks to Karen Sloan, legal education reporter with The National Law Journal and Law.com.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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