Bloomberg Law
July 28, 2020, 10:00 AM

Thousands of Law Grads to Take Bar Exam In Person Despite Covid

Sam Skolnik
Sam Skolnik
Reporter

Britni Prybol graduated from law school in North Carolina in May, eager to start a career as a patent attorney. But she isn’t taking the state’s bar exam held on July 28 and 29. The two-time cancer survivor, who’s still getting hormonal chemotherapy treatment, feared that sitting in the same place for two days with hundreds of other test-takers would put her at risk of contracting the coronavirus and potentially spreading it to her husband and 7-year-old son.

“We keep thinking North Carolina will do the right thing,” says Prybol, referring to calls to move the test online or offer temporary law ...

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