{"id":999,"date":"2024-11-14T19:41:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T19:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/?p=999"},"modified":"2024-11-14T19:41:03","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T19:41:03","slug":"california-supreme-court-rejects-state-bars-proposed-portfolio-bar-examination-pbe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2024\/11\/14\/california-supreme-court-rejects-state-bars-proposed-portfolio-bar-examination-pbe\/","title":{"rendered":"California Supreme Court Rejects State Bar\u2019s Proposed Portfolio Bar Examination (PBE)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>By Jamie Russo<\/h3>\n<p>On October 10, 2024, the California Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/perma.cc\/9MPW-A9T7\">declined<\/a> to adopt the State Bar\u2019s proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/board.calbar.ca.gov\/docs\/agendaItem\/Public\/agendaitem1000031753.pdf\">alternative pathway to licensure<\/a>, the Portfolio Bar Examination (PBE). The PBE\u2019s supervised practice model would have enabled graduates of accredited law schools to become licensed attorneys without taking the two-day bar exam. <a href=\"https:\/\/digital.sandiego.edu\/cgi\/viewcontent.cgi?article=3205&amp;context=crlr\"><em>[29:1 CRLR 125<\/em><em>]<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The California Supreme Court cited a lack of statutory authority, fairness, validity, reliability, ethical, and practical issues. First, the court noted current sections of the Business and Professions Code that fail to give the court authority to admit applicants to the practice of law based on the PBE. For example, current law requires that applicants pass the general bar examination. \u00a0Additionally, current law forbids the use of different examination pathways that depend upon how they obtain their legal education. While the PBE would only be offered to graduates of accredited law schools, individuals who pass the bar exam can become licensed without attending an accredited law school. Thus, the PBE would violate current laws.<\/p>\n<p>Next, the court illustrated practical issues involved in the PBE. For example, some supervisors may influence applicants\u2019 work product more than other supervisors. Some supervisors may allow applicants to use templates for their work product, while other supervisors may not. Because the PBE requires that applicants work closely with supervisors to create a portfolio of the applicant\u2019s work product, varying levels of supervisor involvement may unfairly benefit certain applicants and hurt others.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, the court doubted the reliability of work product portfolios to assess applicants\u2019 competence. Unlike exam questions containing relevant and irrelevant facts or laws familiar to a grading commission, a portfolio of real-world work products is based on facts and issues unfamiliar to the grading commission. If an applicant fails to identify a crucial fact or legal issue in their portfolio work product, the grading commission is unlikely to be able to recognize the applicant\u2019s oversight. Consequently, the court found that the PBE could allow applicants who fall below the minimum competency level to become licensed to practice law.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from rejecting the PBE, the court adopted the Bar\u2019s recommendations to develop a California-specific bar exam. Finally, the court acknowledged the Committee of Bar Examiners (CBE) role in implementing changes to the bar exam. As part of the Bar, CBE is responsible for determining the bar exam\u2019s format, scope, topics, content, questions, and grading process, subject to review and approval by the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n<p>On October 11, 2024, CBE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=C-uftuW75kg\">met<\/a> to discuss committee business. CBE briefly mentioned the Supreme Court\u2019s rejection of the PBE and expressed its intention to thoroughly discuss the order during its December 2024 meeting. Until then, CBE will focus primarily on preparing for the 2025 California Bar Examination changes.<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPILUSD\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/addons\/extra-icons\/image\/social\/circle\/64x64\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-32 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cpilusd\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:32px;height:32px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Follow us on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" style=\"display: inline;width:32px;height:32px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/addons\/extra-icons\/image\/social\/circle\/64x64\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jamie Russo On October 10, 2024, the California Supreme Court declined to adopt the State Bar\u2019s proposed alternative pathway to licensure, the Portfolio Bar Examination (PBE). The PBE\u2019s supervised practice model would have enabled graduates of accredited law schools <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2024\/11\/14\/california-supreme-court-rejects-state-bars-proposed-portfolio-bar-examination-pbe\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1013,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[132920,132942],"tags":[133058,138304,132944,133050,138305,138306,138167,132886],"coauthors":[138175],"class_list":["post-999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-major-projects-state-bar-of-california","category-major-projects-committee-of-bar-examiners","tag-attorney","tag-california-bar","tag-cbe","tag-exam","tag-law-practice","tag-pbe","tag-portfolio-bar-exam","tag-state-bar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>California Supreme Court Rejects State Bar\u2019s Proposed Portfolio Bar Examination (PBE) - Consumer Protection Policy Center - Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.sandiego.edu\/cpil-blog\/2024\/11\/14\/california-supreme-court-rejects-state-bars-proposed-portfolio-bar-examination-pbe\/\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"California Supreme Court Rejects State Bar\u2019s Proposed Portfolio Bar Examination (PBE) - Consumer Protection Policy Center - Blog\" class=\"yoast-seo-meta-tag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Jamie Russo On October 10, 2024, the California Supreme Court declined to adopt the State Bar\u2019s proposed alternative pathway to licensure, the Portfolio Bar Examination (PBE). 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