{"id":"AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-041","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Texas; Supreme Court of Texas (bar admission)","state":"TX","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-TRADE-BOARDS","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Texas (all nine Justices)","authority":"Tex. Gov\u0027t Code § 82.004","instrument":"Misc. Docket No. 20-9076, Order Amending Rule 11(d) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Texas (July and September 2020 examinations shortened and reweighted for COVID-19; exams set for July 28-29 and Sept. 9-10, 2020)","title":"Order Amending Rule 11(d) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Texas","dateIssued":"2020-06-02","effective":"2020-06-02","end":"administrations before February 2021","startDate":"2020-06-02","endDate":"2020-12-31","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4"],"types":["GATH","CRT","OTHER"],"addressees":["Board of Law Examiners","bar applicants","State Bar of Texas","law school deans"],"clause":"1. On April 29, 2020, in Misc. Dkt. No. 20-9060, in light of uncertainty regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, the Court determined that the Board of Law Examiners (\u0027Board\u0027) should administer the Texas bar examination in both July 2020 and September 2020. 2. The Board, in consultation with public health authorities regarding best practices for administering the July and September 2020 bar examinations safely, now recommends shortening and reweighting the examination, and the Court approves the Board\u0027s recommendations.... 4. The Board will administer the Texas bar examination on July 28-29, 2020, and on September 9-10, 2020.","enforcement":"Court order","functions":["HR admission timing; exam format","GATH exam sittings reorganized for distancing"],"notes":"One month later (July 3, 2020) the Court cancelled the July sitting and added the remote Oct. 5-6, 2020 exam (Ex. 061).","sourceUrl":"https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1447160/209076.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":233308,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS","url":"/library/AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-041","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-041","citation":"Supreme Court of Texas (all nine Justices), Misc. Docket No. 20-9076, Order Amending Rule 11(d) of the Rules Governing Admission to the Bar of Texas (July and September 2020 examinations shortened and reweighted for COVID-19; exams set for July 28-29 and Sept. 9-10, 2020) (June 2, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-041)","stateName":"Texas","related":[]}