Order No. 25700-B-660, Order Regarding Transfer of October 2020 Remote Bar Examination Scores to Washington (recites the May 15, 2020 order reducing the passing score to 266 for July and September 2020 and the June 12, 2020 order granting diploma privilege; authorizes acceptance of October 2020 remote scores)

The record

Jurisdiction

Washington; Supreme Court of Washington (bar admission) · Washington

Level

Court

Authority

APR 3-4; plenary authority over the practice of law

Issued

2021-03-05 Mar. 5, 2021

Effective

2021-03-05

In force

Mar. 5, 2021 to Mar. 31, 2021

Quarters

2021 Q1

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Gathering capCourts and public officesOther

Addressees

• Washington State Bar Association
• applicants who took the October 2020 remote examination in UBE jurisdictions

Functions reached

• HR admission: diploma privilege (June 12, 2020), reduced passing score (May 15, 2020), remote-score transfers
• GATH

Collection

State trade licensing boards AGY-ST-TRADE-BOARDS

Operative words

WHEREAS, APR 4(d)(1) provides that the minimum passing score for the UBE is 270, but this Court by order dated May 15, 2020, reduced the minimum passing score to 266 for the July and September 2020 UBE; and WHEREAS, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) assisted 20 jurisdictions to conduct a remote bar exam in October 2020, and that examination was not a full length UBE;... WHEREAS, the Court granted diploma privilege by order dated June 12, 2020, for applicants who, at that time, were registered for the July and September 2020 bar exams and who had received a juris doctorate degree (J.D.) from an ABA approved law school.... ORDERED: The WSBA is authorized to accept transfer of the October 2020 remote exam scores for the purpose of admission in Washington.

Enforcement