The existing bar exam does little to ensure that new lawyers understand New York law, a task force assembled by the New York State Bar Association concluded.
Students taking a simulated multi-state bar examination in 2014 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. New York should ditch the Uniform Bar Exam and develop its own attorney licensing test, with an emphasis on state law.
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