Across the United States, several states are reexamining the long-standing requirement that aspiring attorneys must pass the bar exam to obtain a law license. A ...

“This is not about making it easier to become a lawyer,” Utah Supreme Court Associate Chief Justice, and Working Group Chair, John A. Pearce, said in a statement. “It’s about making it smarter.” Utah ...

Since the American Bar Association rubberstamped alternative pathways to the bar last week, legal experts' reactions have ranged from the move not carrying much weight to others seeing it as "huge." ...

May 9 (Reuters) - The American Bar Association’s legal education arm may soon endorse lawyer licensing pathways that don’t involve passing the bar exam, potentially softening a pro-bar exam stance the ...

States are increasingly enacting and considering laws authorizing alternative licensing pathways for internationally-trained physicians to practice medicine in the United States. These laws, which ...

Connecticut and New Mexico have joined the growing list of states offering or considering lawyer licensing pathways that don’t require a traditional bar exam, amid concerns that public service lawyers ...