{"id":"AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-020","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Washington; Supreme Court of Washington (legal licensing examinations)","state":"WA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-TRADE-BOARDS","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Washington","authority":"APR 4(a); the Court\u0027s plenary authority over the practice of law","instrument":"Order No. 25700-B-661, Order Authorizing Remote Examinations for the July 2021 Legal Licensing Examinations","title":"Order Authorizing Remote Examinations for the July 2021 Legal Licensing Examinations, No. 25700-B-661","dateIssued":"2021-03-05","effective":"2021-03-05","end":"July 2021 administration (exam held July 27-28, 2021)","startDate":"2021-03-05","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["GATH","CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["Washington State Bar Association","all lawyer, LLLT and LPO applicants for the July 2021 examinations"],"clause":"WHEREAS, the Court recognizes the extraordinary barriers applicants for the July 2021 legal licensing examinations are facing due to the continued COVID-19 pandemic; and WHEREAS, the Court recognizes the challenges of administering an in-person examination to a large group of examinees while complying with health and safety protocols... IT IS ORDERED: 1. The WSBA is authorized to conduct the July 2021 administration of legal licensing exams for admission using remote testing software.... 5. APR 4(d)(1) is temporarily modified for the lawyer bar examination to be administered in Washington State in July 2021, to allow for a UBE minimum passing score of 266","enforcement":"Court order binding the WSBA and applicants","functions":["GATH in-person July 2021 examination replaced by remote administration (third quarter of 2021)","HR admission timing and passing score","CS law firms\u0027 hiring"],"notes":"A Q3 2021 instrument: the remote examination it ordered was administered July 27-28, 2021. Entered the same day as 25700-B-660 (Ex. 075), which recites the June 12, 2020 diploma-privilege order and the May 15, 2020 score-reduction order.","sourceUrl":"https://www.courts.wa.gov/content/publicUpload/Supreme%20Court%20Orders/25700-B-661.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":139810,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-020","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-020","citation":"Supreme Court of Washington, Order No. 25700-B-661, Order Authorizing Remote Examinations for the July 2021 Legal Licensing Examinations (Mar. 5, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-020)","stateName":"Washington","related":["AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-075"]}