The
NextGen
bar
exam
was
poised
as
the
shoo-in
successor
to
the
old-and-busted
version,
but
new
challengers
are
popping
up
left
and
right.
The
binary
discussions
centering
around
the
bar
or
diploma
privilege
has
opened
to
include
other
options
like
bar
score
wiggle
room
and
supervised
practice
to
really
get
at
what
the
bar
is
meant
to
test
for
—
minimal
competency
—
without
the
baggage
that
comes
with
it.
Reuters
recently
covered
Nevada’s
approach
to
the
step
between
J.D.
and
Esq.:
The
Nevada
Supreme
Court
has
“agreed
to
proceed”
with
an
alternative
lawyer
licensing
process
that
includes
several
traditional
bar
exam
test
components
as
well
as
a
supervised
practice
requirement,
according
to
a
Tuesday
memo
from
Nevada
Board
of
Bar
Examiners
Chairman
Richard
Trachok.
Nevada’s
route
to
practice
will
have
three
parts
that
can
be
finished
in
law
school.
What
a
wild
notion
that
learning
to
think
like
a
lawyer
and
verifying
lawyer
competency
can
be
concurrent!
While
this
does
move
us
closer
to
the
end
goal
of
law
schools
producing
competent
enough
students
who
they
can
walk
from
the
stage
to
their
jobs,
there
will
still
be
some
perfecting
steps:
Under
the
Nevada
Plan,
aspiring
lawyers
will
take
a
100-question
multiple-choice
test
on
foundational
law
offered
four
times
a
year
at
testing
centers,
as
early
as
the
end
of
their
third
semester
of
law
school.
They
must
also
complete
40
to
60
hours
of
supervised
practice
—
a
requirement
that
can
be
fulfilled
through
a
clinic,
pro
bono
work
at
a
law
firm
or
externships
while
in
law
school.
The
process
concludes
with
a
one-day
performance
test
offered
soon
after
the
end
of
their
last
semester
of
law
school.
It
looks
like
the
plan
will
still
need
some
tinkering,
but
the
Nevada
Supreme
Court
has
said
that
an
official
announcement
will
drop
within
a
year.
Best
of
luck
to
Nevada!
Nevada
Sets
Unique
Alternative
For
Lawyer
Licensing,
Rejects
New
National
Bar
Exam
[Reuters]
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Bar
Office
Out
Of
Bankruptcy
Hole
Arizona
Offers
Alternate
Path
To
Practice
After
Almost
Passing
Bar
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at [email protected] and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.