let
me
get
this
job!’
The
bar
exam
is
meant
to
do
one
thing:
sift
the
people
who
are
minimally
competent
enough
to
be
lawyers
from
the
people
that
need
to
hit
the
books
before
they
can
practice.
It’s
a
vetting
process
that
is
meant
to
make
sure
that
lawyers
are
somewhat
familiar
with
the
ins
and
outs
of
their
trade.
You
know
what
else
would
do
that?
Hands-on
experiential
lawyering.
Four
states
(Vermont,
Virginia,
Washington,
and
California)
offer
the
option
of
apprenticeship
as
a
means
to
be
able
to
later
practice
law.
In
the
scramble
to
make
up
for
the
disastrous
February
bar
exam,
California
is
leaning
in
to
apprenticeships
as
one
of
the
ways
test
droppers
and
fail-ers
can
gain
the
right
to
practice.
Reuters
has
coverage:
First-time
test
takers
who
withdrew
from
or
failed
California’s
troubled
February
bar
exam
will
have
the
option
to
work
under
the
supervision
of
an
experienced
attorney
while
they
wait
to
retake
the
attorney
licensing
exam,
the
Supreme
Court
of
California
ruled
on
Wednesday.
Can
we
be
serious
for
a
moment?
Either
require
the
bar
before
you
let
people
work
or
let
people
work
and
give
the
bar
the
boot.
The
“work
under
supervision
until
you
re-take
the
bar”
option
is
a
cop-out
solution
whose
only
merit
is
that
it
makes
everyone
unhappy.
What
is
the
point
of
letting
people
get
hands-on
experience
for
two
years
and
pretending
passing
the
bar
is
the
only
way
to
know
if
they’re
competent?
Future
employers
shouldn’t
need
their
bar
scores,
when
they
could
just
ask
to
speak
with
their
prior
employer
and
see
if
the
applicant
hit
all
their
deliverables
or
not.
If
you’ve
been
doing
a
job
well
for
two
years,
your
work
experience
should
trump
whatever
grade
you
get
on
a
test.
If
you’re
trying
your
best
and
aren’t
up
to
snuff,
that’s
your
sign
to
take
a
break
and
go
hit
the
books.
It
could
all
be
so
simple.
There’s
good
news
beyond
the
“try
before
you
test”
deal
being
offered
to
the
test
drop-outs
and
low
scorers.
Some
of
the
test
takers
will
be
able
to
pass
go
without
any
of
the
extra
fixings:
The
court
on
Wednesday
also
granted
the
state
bar
permission
to
“impute”
performance
test
scores
for
those
unable
to
complete
that
test
section
due
to
technical
problems—a
process
that
involves
using
submitted
answers
to
project
their
performance
on
sections
that
were
missing.The
state
bar
estimates
that
imputing
performance
test
scores
will
result
in
79
more
people
going
from
failing
to
passing
and
bump
up
the
overall
pass
rate
from
the
current
63%
to
65%—which
is
nearly
double
the
average
35%
rate
in
recent
years.
If
you’re
a
member
of
the
79,
buy
a
lottery
ticket
to
see
if
you
have
some
residual
luck
running
through
your
veins.
Some
Who
Did
Not
Pass
California
Bar
Exam
Get
A
Chance
To
Practice,
For
Now
[Reuters]
Earlier:
California
Bar
Exam
Managed
To
Be
Even
Worse
Than
Expected
The
Number
Of
People
Who
Passed
California’s
February
Bar
Exam
Has
Grown
By
The
Hundreds
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
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joining
the
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he
moonlighted
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.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
is
learning
to
swim, is
interested
in
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
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