{"id":"SEC-12-GM-133","kind":"meeting","level":"organizer","jurisdiction":"every jurisdiction","state":"","metro":"","industry":"12","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"State supreme courts and boards of law examiners; the National Conference of Bar Examiners","authority":"","instrument":"American Bar Association, news release, \u0022ABA urges states that cancel bar exams due to COVID-19 to consider emergency diploma privilege or supervised practice\u0022 (Chicago, Apr. 7, 2020)","title":"Bar admission examinations and swearing-in ceremonies (class): the licensing of the legal profession\u0027s new hires","dateIssued":"2020-04-07","effective":"","end":"","startDate":"2020-04-07","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":[],"addressees":[],"clause":"\u0022the Court will not administer the July 2020 Bar Exam\u0022 (D.C. Court of Appeals, Apr. 10, 2020; AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-038)","enforcement":"","functions":["HR","WF"],"notes":"2020: The July 28-29, 2020 examination postponed to Sept. 9-10 or replaced by a remote October 5-6, 2020 administration in most jurisdictions; the District of Columbia Court of Appeals ordered on Apr. 10, 2020 that it \u0022will not administer the July 2020 Bar Exam\u0022 and on May 4 rescheduled the UBE to Sept. 9-10 for \u0022pandemic-related conditions\u0022; the Supreme Court of Texas cancelled the July 2020 in-person examination; Hawaii ordered provisional admission without the written examination (July 22, 2020); Washington accepted October 2020 remote scores ABA Board of Governors resolution of Apr. 7, 2020 urging \u0022state licensing authorities to immediately adopt emergency rules that would authorize 2019 and 2020 law graduates who cannot take a bar exam because of the pandemic to engage in a limited practice of law under certain circumstances\u0022 (Ex. SEC-12-GM-133, P). 2021: February 2021 examinations administered remotely in most jurisdictions (AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-063); July 2021 administrations under the courts\u0027 announcements (AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-062). Usual dates: Late July and late February. Scale: industry-wide (every law firm\u0027s incoming class). Venue orders 2020: SEC-12-078, AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-018, AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-038, AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-074, AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-039, AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-061, AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-059, AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-071, AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-075. Venue orders 2021: AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-063, AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-062.","sourceUrl":"https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2020/04/aba-urges-states-that-cancel-bar-exams-due-to-covid-19-to-consid/","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200501083342/https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2020/04/aba-urges-states-that-cancel-bar-exams-due-to-covid-19-to-consid/","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":122409,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"American Bar Association, news release, \u0022ABA urges states that cancel bar exams due to COVID-19 to consider emergency diploma privilege or supervised practice\u0022 (Chicago, Apr. 7, 2020)","collection":"SEC-12","url":"/library/SEC-12-GM-133","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-12-GM-133","citation":"State supreme courts and boards of law examiners; the National Conference of Bar Examiners, American Bar Association, news release, \u0022ABA urges states that cancel bar exams due to COVID-19 to consider emergency diploma privilege or supervised practice\u0022 (Chicago, Apr. 7, 2020) (Ex. SEC-12-GM-133)","stateName":"","related":["AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-063","AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-062","SEC-12-078","AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-018","AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-038","AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-074","AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-039","AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-061","AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-059","AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-071","AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS-075"]}