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Submit Your Comments on the NextGen Content Scope Outlines by April 18!
Last month, I wrote about the NCBE’s forthcoming NextGen Bar Exam and expressed my excitement surrounding the substantial discussion of legal research in the April 2021 final report of its Testing Task Force. Since then, the NCBE published its NextGen … Continue reading →
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Legal Research and the “Bar Exam of the Future”
Perhaps you’re aware that the NCBE’s Board of Trustees approved recommendations for the next generation of the bar examination just last year. While implementation is ongoing and will take four to five years, I was curious about what could be … Continue reading →
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What and How Might a Better Bar Test?: A Brief Look at IAALS’ “Building a Better Bar” Project
With the February bar exam falling last week, it seemed appropriate to spend part of those days reading through the Building a Better Bar project report. In a first-of-its-kind study, the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System, … Continue reading →
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