{"id":134853,"date":"2025-10-08T14:37:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T22:37:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/10\/08\/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-bar-exam\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T14:37:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T22:37:13","slug":"is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-bar-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/10\/08\/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-bar-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"Is This The Beginning Of The End For The Bar Exam?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For a long time, the bar exam seemed like the nasty habit that the legal profession just couldn\u2019t quit. But there\u2019s finally some progress on that front, with <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/10\/lawyers-without-the-bar-exam-utah-announces-alternate-licensing-path-and-the-sky-still-isnt-falling\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Utah unveiling a new alternative pathway to licensure<\/a> that values experience and the skills that <em>an actual practitioner needs<\/em>. We also check in on Cadwalader, where the firm <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/wall-streets-oldest-biglaw-firm-appoints-co-managing-partner-amid-mass-exits-and-merger-rumors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">brings on a new co-manager<\/a> while taking some serious blows in the lateral market. Finally, the Supreme Court is back in session, so we look back at the summer of shadows, when the Court\u2019s shadow docket finally crashed into <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/supreme-courts-shadow-docket-scam-collides-with-reality\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the reality of a president unwilling to play the game<\/a> and Justice Thomas <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/10\/justice-that-said-abortion-is-unconstitutional-fails-to-carry-semester-to-term\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shed a little light<\/a> on his decision to bail on teaching his class after <em>Dobbs<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/10\/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-bar-exam\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Is This The Beginning Of The End For The Bar Exam?<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For a long time, the bar exam seemed like the nasty habit that the legal profession just couldn\u2019t quit. But there\u2019s finally some progress on that front, with <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/10\/lawyers-without-the-bar-exam-utah-announces-alternate-licensing-path-and-the-sky-still-isnt-falling\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Utah unveiling a new alternative pathway to licensure<\/a> that values experience and the skills that <em>an actual practitioner needs<\/em>. We also check in on Cadwalader, where the firm <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/wall-streets-oldest-biglaw-firm-appoints-co-managing-partner-amid-mass-exits-and-merger-rumors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">brings on a new co-manager<\/a> while taking some serious blows in the lateral market. Finally, the Supreme Court is back in session, so we look back at the summer of shadows, when the Court\u2019s shadow docket finally crashed into <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/supreme-courts-shadow-docket-scam-collides-with-reality\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the reality of a president unwilling to play the game<\/a> and Justice Thomas <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/10\/justice-that-said-abortion-is-unconstitutional-fails-to-carry-semester-to-term\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">shed a little light<\/a> on his decision to bail on teaching his class after <em>Dobbs<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/10\/is-this-the-beginning-of-the-end-for-the-bar-exam\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Is This The Beginning Of The End For The Bar Exam?<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a long time, the bar exam seemed like the nasty habit that the legal profession just couldn\u2019t quit. But there\u2019s finally some progress on that front, with Utah unveiling a new alternative pathway to licensure that values experience and the skills that an actual practitioner needs. 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