California’s Committee of Bar Examiners approved launching a propriety bar exam to be created by Kaplan Exam Services for the February administration and will submit updated petitions for the California Supreme Court to reconsider.
In 1924, J. Carroll Hayes penned a detailed account of “a most unique occurrence in the legal world”—the first ABA visit to the United Kingdom. This fall, the International Law Section will commemorate this historic meeting of the minds with “100 Years of the ABA in the United Kingdom: Tradition, Innovation and Influence.”
A suspended 97-year-old federal appeals judge appears to be a “super-ager” because she shows no effects of age on cognition and demeanor, according to a neurosurgeon who is also a lawyer and an inventor.
By day, Lance Collins is a lawyer. By night, (and sometimes day) he’s also a filmmaker, book editor and music producer. Now, he can add another title to his eclectic resumé: screenwriter for a feature-length film now playing on a streaming service near you. “When it comes to my time,” Collins says, “every minute is accounted for.”
Fifteen deans from ABA-accredited law schools have signed a letter to the California Supreme Court stating that they have “grave concerns” about Kaplan Exam Services’ ability to develop a multiple-choice bar exam “in a responsible manner” in time for the February 2025 administration of the newfangled exam.
The California Supreme Court has put the brakes on the State Bar of California’s plan to launch a proprietary bar exam created by Kaplan Exam Services. The bar’s petition to allow Kaplan to create a 200-question multiple choice exam for the February 2025 administration was denied without prejudice just two weeks before registration opens, according to the bar’s website.
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard B. Ulmer Jr. has shut the door on reopening the beleaguered Golden Gate University School of Law’s JD program, denying a motion for an injunction filed by students and alumni.
The gift shop on the ground floor of the U.S. Supreme Court building offers all manner of knickknacks and mementos—gavels, paper weights, Christmas ornaments and neckties. But the shop is dominated by books about the court, from children’s picture books to serious biographies and legal tomes.
A would-be nurse convicted of cocaine possession in a trial in which the prosecutor moonlighted as a law clerk for the presiding judge can’t sue for damages, a federal appeals court has ruled.
With the upcoming presidential election, Generation X nearing retirement and the continuation of “work from anywhere” policies, many Americans are looking to lawyers for help with their “Plan B”—obtaining dual citizenship and leaving the country, according to attorneys contacted by the ABA Journal.
