The Supreme Court of Washington state has ruled that passing the bar exam will no longer be necessary for law licensure since such a requirement "disproportionately and unnecessarily blocks historically marginalized groups from entering the practice of law."
When has lowering the standards not worked out well? More lunatic attorneys, just what we need. This has to make all the attorneys who actually studied and earned their place before the bench feel all warm and fuzzy.
Osky
A woman's heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth and I can find no sign on it.
The Supreme Court of Washington state has ruled that passing the bar exam will no longer be necessary for law licensure since such a requirement "disproportionately and unnecessarily blocks historically marginalized groups from entering the practice of law."
Reminds me of when I applied to be a cop at the local PD right after high school. They sent me a thick, 10x8" booklet, and clearly stated in the accompanying letter that the entire test would be based on what's contained in it. So I spent the summer literally memorizing every word till I could practically recite it cover to cover. As a result, my score all but topped out the test, and I was immediately told that I'd be in the first group to continue along the hiring process, and that I should get a gym bag, sneakers, shorts, etc.. in preparation.
A week later I got a notice stating that the hiring process had been halted by a judge based on a blacks rights organization lawsuit (very few if any of those with high enough scores were black). Next letter I got from the police department told me that, due to the test having been deemed racially discriminatory, a judge has given my test score to a low scoring black applicant, and I'd be taking his low score, meaning I would not be hired.
This was the early 1980s, so this crap isn't new. They've just now decided to get rid of the tests entirely, due to their tendency to discriminate against blacks.
This could work out. The "marginalized" people who commit a disproportionate percentage of crime will now be hiring lawyers who can't pass a bar exam; more convictions.
Point of order. The tests don't "discriminate" against blacks, the only discrimination is determining relative qualifications, which is their purpose.
I recall back around that time, following one of the Supreme Court decisions re employment testing, a woman who was both a lawyer and PhD psychologist offered this comment. "The problem with (the) tests isn't that they don't work, it's that they work too well, and some people don't like what they show".
Stupidity has its way, while its cousin, evil, runs rampant.
This could work out. The "marginalized" people who commit a disproportionate percentage of crime will now be hiring lawyers who can't pass a bar exam; more convictions.
This could work out. The "marginalized" people who commit a disproportionate percentage of crime will now be hiring lawyers who can't pass a bar exam; more convictions.
Up until those crappy lawyers eventually get elected to be judges
Next will be “doctors” not needing a license to practice.
Kinda like actors, politicians, government agencies telling people to get the latest experimental injectables?
@jameslavish
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Point of order. The tests don't "discriminate" against blacks, the only discrimination is determining relative qualifications, which is their purpose.
I recall back around that time, following one of the Supreme Court decisions re employment testing, a woman who was both a lawyer and PhD psychologist offered this comment. "The problem with (the) tests isn't that they don't work, it's that they work too well, and some people don't like what they show".
I’m pretty sure if you decided to hang out a shingle tomorrow without a law license, and then you told the powers that be that Storman Norman made a clicky thingy on a website you seen. You’d be yanked out and tossed with a big no.12 up the ass.
