Comments on: Uniform Bar Exam http://www.jdjournal.com/2013/03/22/uniform-bar-exam/ Legal Industry News Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim Rigos http://www.jdjournal.com/2013/03/22/uniform-bar-exam/comment-page-1/#comment-244848 Jim Rigos Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:16:52 +0000 http://www.jdjournal.com/?p=57459#comment-244848 Nice article but not only students gain from the UBE adoption, although they certainly are one big beneficiary. Law firms that practice in federal law subjects or have a presence in more than one state and/or electronically need their expert to be able to serve their clients no matter in which state they are located. They support UBE because it serves the public interest. Law schools that export their graduates (new graduates exceed the local state new in-state openings) will find their law school seems more attractive to students. In a day when the pool of new applicants is decreasing a state bar that does not support their own law schools' enrollment seems terribly behind the times. The local bar usually puts on boot camps for new members focusing on local law. The Bar's CLE probably does a better job that the bar exam in teaching the local matters. The above three beneficiary groups gain from UBE adoption. What non-frivolous arguments against the UBE remain? The accountants went to a uniform exam many years ago. They call it the "Uniform CPA exam." Time to move the entrance exam for our legal profession into the 21st century. Jim Rigos Nice article but not only students gain from the UBE adoption, although they certainly are one big beneficiary.

Law firms that practice in federal law subjects or have a presence in more than one state and/or electronically need their expert to be able to serve their clients no matter in which state they are located. They support UBE because it serves the public interest.

Law schools that export their graduates (new graduates exceed the local state new in-state openings) will find their law school seems more attractive to students. In a day when the pool of new applicants is decreasing a state bar that does not support their own law schools’ enrollment seems terribly behind the times.

The local bar usually puts on boot camps for new members focusing on local law. The Bar’s CLE probably does a better job that the bar exam in teaching the local matters.

The above three beneficiary groups gain from UBE adoption. What non-frivolous arguments against the UBE remain?

The accountants went to a uniform exam many years ago. They call it the “Uniform CPA exam.” Time to move the entrance exam for our legal profession into the 21st century.

Jim Rigos

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