In the Jurisdictions

Testing Knowledge of Local Law: What Are UBE Jurisdictions Doing?

By Beth Fleishman | Jonathan A. Azrael | Jeffrey C. Shipley | Jeffrey M. Ward | Lisa Perlen |

Fall 2019 (Vol. 88, No. 3)

Testing Knowledge of Local Law: What Are UBE Jurisdictions Doing? Part Two

By Steve McCrae | Geoffrey R. Bok | Hon. Geoffrey W. Barnard | Marie E. ThomasGriffith |

Winter 2019-2020 (Vol. 88, No. 4)

The Testing Column: Did UBE Adoption in New York Have an Impact on Bar Exam Performance?

By Andrew A. Mroch, Ph.D. | Mark A. Albanese, Ph.D. |

Winter 2019-2020 (Vol. 88, No. 4)

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Shhh . . . California Examinees May Be Sleeping In after Day Two of the Bar Exam

By Patrick R. Dixon | Alan S. Yochelson |

June 2017 (Vol. 86, No. 2)

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Is Sooner Sometimes Better than Later? Arizona’s Early Bar Exam

By Hon. Scott Bales |

March 2017 (Vol. 86, No. 1)

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UBE Jurisdiction-Specific Components: Seven Unique Approaches

By Hon. Rebecca White Berch | Randy J. Cox | Hon. Zel M. Fischer | Robert W. Henry | Daniel F. Johnson | Hon. Cynthia L. Martin | Sophie S. Martin | Robert S. McMillen | Howard R. Thomas |

September 2016 (Vol. 85, No. 3)

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The Uniform Bar Examination Comes to the Northeast: UBE Adoption and Implementation in New Hampshire

By Sherry M. Hieber | Gordon J. MacDonald |

September 2016 (Vol. 85, No. 3)

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The Uniform Bar Examination—Right for New York and for the Future of the Legal Profession

By Hon. Jonathan Lippman |

September 2016 (Vol. 85, No. 3)

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New Hampshire’s Daniel Webster Scholar Honors Program: Placing Law School Graduates Ahead of the Curve

By John Burwell Garvey | Anne F. Zinkin |

September 2015 (Vol. 84, No. 3)

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Admitting Foreign-Trained Lawyers in States Other than New York: Why It Matters

By Laurel S. Terry |

December 2014 (Vol. 83, No. 4)

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2020 Bar Admission Guide
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