It’s just kind of the right thing to do. [Law grads joining Biglaw firms are] highly likely to pass the bar exam anyway.”
— Timothy Powers, managing partner of Haynes and Boone, offering support for diploma privilege for the class of 2020, noting that he’d expect a fair number of his Biglaw colleagues to support it as well, considering the bar exams’ current state of flux due to the pandemic.
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