ABA Urges States To Cancel Risky In-Person Bar Exams (1)

The American Bar Association is asking states to scrap in-person bar exams until public health authorities can confirm it’s safe to hold them.

The ABA’s House of Delegates—the group’s main governing body—agreed Tuesday on a resolution calling for bar exams to be moved online or for graduates to be offered licenses to practice without taking the test, as result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The resolution, passed in a 256 to 146 vote, isn’t binding, but may help guide the more than dozen states that are still set to hold in-person exams later this year.

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