Oregon’s new Supervised Practice Portfolio Examination (SPPE), which will allow ABA-accredited law school graduates to join the state’s bar by completing a legal apprenticeship instead of taking the bar exam, could serve as a model for other states as scrutiny of the current bar exam mounts. Although the bar exam itself is facing an overhaul in 2026, Oregon’s apprenticeship alternative appears poised in the near term to strengthen real-world lawyering skills—skills that recently surveyed lawyers are finding lacking among new practitioners.
The SPPE, authorized by the Oregon Supreme Court last fall and set to become operative in May, mandates ...
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