Committee of Bar Examiners Holds Emergency Teleconference Meeting to Address Legal Education and Exam Administration in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic

By Halie Turigliatti On March 30, 2020, the State Bar of California’s Committee of Bar Examiners (CBE) held an emergency and special meeting over teleconference. The meeting began by voting to start an official emergency meeting, according to the Bagley-Keene Continue reading

State Bar of California Board of Trustees Postpones Votes on Several Recommendations From the Access Through Innovation of Legal Services Task Force

By Madelin Rojer At the State Bar of California Board of Trustees’ March 12, 2020, meeting, [Agenda item 702], the Task Force on Access Through Innovation of Legal Services (ATILS) presented its Final Report with seven recommendations to the Board. Continue reading

State Bar of California’s 2020 Governance in the Public Interest Task Force to Focus on Risk-Based Regulation

By Alaina Dye At its November 14, 2019 meeting, the State Bar’s 2020 Governance in the Public Interest Task Force voted to focus its efforts and report on proactive regulation, also known as risk-based regulation, which seeks to prevent lawyers Continue reading

Committee of Bar Examiners Receives and Files Technical Report on the October 2019 First-Year Law Students’ Exam

By Halie Turigliatti At its January 31, 2020 meeting, the State Bar of California’s Committee of Bar Examiners (CBE) voted to receive and file its psychometric consultant’s Technical Report on the October 2019 First-Year Law Students’ Examination. The report includes Continue reading