The pass rate for first-time takers who sat for the bar exam rose by more than a percentage point in 2025 over 2024, according to new data from the managing director’s office of the Council of the ABA ...

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 ...

Gregory Klima, executive director of the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Lorain County, believes that long-term mental health requires three ingredients. Two of the three common components — ...

“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 ...

Nov 5 (Reuters) - Utah is forging ahead with a proposal to allow law graduates to become licensed without taking the bar exam, following the lead of a handful of other states that have adopted ...

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 ...

ABA Committee Urges Inclusion of Alternative Licensure Pathways Language in Accreditation Standards The Standards Committee reviewed Standard 316 in light of the recent developments that several U.S.

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 ...