Here’s one solution for low bar exam scores
If you want to improve the pass rate on the bar exam,
close down the unaccredited law schools and end the so-called “Lincoln” rule
allowing law office study. A better-educated bar will likely obviate the proposed “competency” training
rule.
Why should any bar admittee or practicing lawyer be “incompetent”? Incompetents
should be screened out before they ever get a license.
Patrick Sullivan
Oakland
Complying
with MCLE is easier than representing clients
Why
does the State Bar keep screwing around with lawyers who either fail to take
the required MCLE, or worse, who falsely certify that they have taken it? This
is not rocket science!
How
can any attorney who is unable to comply with the relatively simple MCLE
reporting requirements be expected to understand complex case-related fact
patterns or otherwise competently represent clients by complying with the
substantially more complex procedural and substantive legal requirements
associated with most lawsuits?
Michael
W. Szkaradek
Santa Ana
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