California is creating its own bar exam. The ABA approved additional pathways to licensure. States are lowering bar pass cut scores. And the NextGen Bar exam launches in 2026. The typically slow-moving wheels of bar exam reform have sped up in the past few months, creating a pileup of changes that some experts say makes this a key moment for the venerated-yet-dreaded licensing exam.

Before Bailey McQueeny-Rose attended law school at the University of Oregon, she worked in reproductive health care, first as a medical assistant and then as a trainer, teaching others to do the same job. The work opened her eyes to how access to health care differed based on the laws in the six states where she oversaw training, and she began to consider becoming a civil rights lawyer.

Prominent law firms are fleeing the tumultuous bankruptcy of a unit of Indian education tech firm Byju’s, further complicating battles over $1 billion in debt, former attorneys and professors said.

Before Bailey McQueeny-Rose attended law school at the University of Oregon, she worked in reproductive health care, first as a medical assistant and then as a trainer, teaching others to do the same job. The work opened her eyes to how access to health care differed based on the laws in the six states where she oversaw training, and she began to consider becoming a civil rights lawyer.

Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law hosted the Legal Writing Institute 21st Biennial Conference Bench & Bar Day Friday for law students, attorneys and judges across the country.

When President Biden announced that he was going to deport asylum-seekers without respecting their legal right to due process because the border is too congested, many liberals and moderates cheered. They viewed this draconian measure as Biden finally reassuring the voters that he is, in fact, not “soft” on the immigrant “invasion.” And they were convinced by the president’s argument that he had no choice but to “close down” the border.