Thursday, May 7, 2020
54 More Deans Ask New York To Not Discriminate Against Graduates Of Out-Of-State Law Schools In Sitting For September Bar Exam
Following up on my previous posts:
- New York Will Give Priority To Graduates From New York's 15 Law Schools For Limited Spots To Take September Bar Exam (May 1, 2020)
- Deans Ask New York To Not Discriminate Against Graduates Of Out-Of-State Law Schools In Sitting For September Bar Exam (May 3, 2020)
- Dean Amar: New York's Discrimination Against Graduates Of Out-Of-State Law Schools Is Unconstitutional — 'Whether It’s Toilet Paper Or Bar Exam Seats, Hoarding Is Wrong' (May 4, 2020)
Letter From 54 Law School Deans To Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals (May 6, 2020):
The Honorable Janet DiFiore
Chief Judge
New York State Court of Appeals
20 Eagle Street
Albany, New York 12207
Dear Chief Judge DiFiore:
To begin, we sincerely hope that you, the judiciary, members of the Board of Law Examiners, and your families are staying well in these very difficult times. We recognize the considerable administrative strain that has been placed on the Court with respect to the bar, and thus, we will be brief and direct.
As deans of law schools from outside of your state, who each year send talented, earnest students to sit for the New York Bar, we wish to express our full support regarding the concerns and potential solutions communicated by our colleagues in their letter of May 1, 2020, appended hereto.
We are grateful to you for considering these proposals, and are fully prepared to join the effort to help the Court, the Board of Law Examiners, and our fellow law school deans find solutions that could expand testing capacity for all non-New York law school graduates.
In closing, we acknowledge and appreciate all that you do during this pandemic, which has impacted the lives of people and communities everywhere, especially New York. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Robert B. Ahdieh
Dean and Anthony G. Buzbee Endowed Dean's Chair
Texas A&M University School of Law
Jane H. Aiken
Dean and Professor of Law
Wake Forest School of Law
Mark C. Alexander
Arthur J. Kania Dean and Professor of Law
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
Vikram David Amar
Dean and Iwan Foundation Professor of Law
University of Illinois College of Law
Jerry L. Anderson
Dean and Richard M. and Anita Calkins Distinguished Professor of Law
Drake University Law School
Jessica Berg
Co-Dean
Case Western Reserve University
School of Law
Nicola A. Boothe Perry
Interim Dean and Professor of Law
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University College of Law
Gregory W. Bowman
William J. Maier, Jr. Dean & Professor of Law
West Virginia University College of Law
Mark E. Brandon
Dean and Thomas E. McMillan Professor of Law
The University of Alabama School of Law
Martin H. Brinkley
Dean and Arch T. Allen Distinguished Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law
Paul L. Caron
Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean and Professor of Law
Pepperdine Caruso School of Law
Annette E. Clark
Dean and Professor of Law
Seattle University School of Law
G. Marcus Cole
Joseph A. Matson Dean and Professor of Law
Notre Dame Law School
Danielle M. Conway
Dean & Donald J. Farage Professor of Law
Dickinson Law
The Pennsylvania State University
Phyllis L. Crocker
Dean and Professor of Law
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
Darby Dickerson
Dean and Professor of Law
UIC John Marshall Law School
The University of Illinois at Chicago
Allen K. Easley
Dean & Professor of Law
Western State College of Law
Lyn Suzanne Entzeroth
Dean and Dean John Rogers Endowed Chair
The University of Tulsa College of Law
David L. Faigman
Chancellor and Dean
John F. Digardi Distinguished Professor of Law
University of California Hastings College of the Law
Stephen C. Ferruolo
Dean and Professor of Law
University of San Diego School of Law
Joshua P. Fershée
Dean and Professor of Law
Creighton University School of Law
NY Reg. #: 4226981
Daniel M. Filler
Dean and Professor of Law
Drexel University, Thomas R. Kline School of Law
Lee Fisher
Dean
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Cleveland State University
Timothy Fisher
Dean and Professor of Law
University of Connecticut School of Law
Chris Guthrie
Dean and John Wad-Kent Syverud Professor of Law
Vanderbilt Law School
Andrew T. Guzman
Dean and Carl Mason Franklin Chair in Law
and Professor of Law and Political Science
Gould School of Law
University of Southern California
Brant J. Hellwig
Dean and Professor of Law
Washington and Lee University School of Law
Melanie B. Jacobs
Interim Dean and Professor of Law
Michigan State University College of Law
Garry W. Jenkins
Dean & William S. Pattee Professor of Law
University of Minnesota Law School
Christian A. Johnson
Dean
Widener University Commonwealth Law School
Kevin R. Johnson
Dean and Mabie-Apallas Professor of Public Interest Law and Chicana/o Studies
UC Davis School of Law
Michael J. Kaufman
Dean of the School of Law and Vice Provost
Loyola University Chicago
Gregory N. Mandel
Dean & Peter J. Liacouras Professor of Law
Temple University, Beasley School of Law
Thomas McHenry
President and Dean
Vermont Law School
David D. Meyer
Dean and Mitchell Franklin Professor of Law
Tulane University Law School
Anthony Niedwiecki
Dean and Professor of Law
Golden Gate University School of Law
Hari M. Osofsky
Dean
Penn State Law and the School of International Affairs
The Pennsylvania State University
Austen L. Parrish
Dean and James H. Rudy Professor
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Andrew M. Perlman
Dean and Professor of Law
Suffolk Law School
Christopher J. Peters
Dean and C. Blake McDowell, Jr. Professor of Law
The University of Akron School of Law
Margaret Raymond
Fred W. & Vi Miller Dean and Professor of Law
University of Wisconsin Law School
L. Song Richardson
Dean and Chancellor’s Professor of Law
UC Irvine School of Law
Laura Rosenbury
Dean and Levin, Mabie & Levin Professor of Law
Fredric G. Levin College of Law<
University of Florida
Peter B. Rutledge
Dean & Herman E. Talmadge Chair of Law
University of Georgia School of Law
Brad Saxton
Interim Dean and Professor of Law
Quinnipiac University School of Law
Michael P. Scharf
Co-Dean
Case Western Reserve University
School of Law
D. Gordon Smith
Dean, Woodruff J. Deem Professor of Law
J. Rueben Clark Law School
Brigham Young University
Aviam Soifer
Dean and Professor of Law
William S. Richardson School of Law
University of Hawai’i
Andrew L. Strauss
Dean and Professor of Law
University of Dayton School of Law
Kevin K. Washburn
N. William Hines Dean and Professor of Law
The University of Iowa College of Law
Michael Waterstone
Fritz B. Burns Dean
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Loyola Marymount University
Ronald Weich
Dean and Professor of Law
University of Baltimore School of Law
Verna L. Williams
Dean and Nippert Professor of Law
University of Cincinnati College of Law
Melanie D. Wilson
Dean and Lindsay Young Distinguished Professor
University of Tennessee College of Law
Law360, In-State NY Bar Exam Sign-Ups Soar, Drawing Out-Of-State Ire
TaxProf Blog coverage of the July 2020 bar exam:
- The Bar Exam And The COVID-19 Pandemic: The Need For Immediate Action (Mar. 14, 2020)
- NCBE To Decide By May 5 Whether It Will Provide MBE For July Bar Examinations (Mar. 27, 2020)
- New York Postpones July Bar Exam To Fall; Students Demand Emergency Diploma Privilege To Practice Law (Mar. 28, 2020)
- Massachusetts Joins New York In Postponing July Bar Exam (Mar. 30, 2020)
- Connecticut Is Third State To Postpone July Bar Exam (Mar. 31, 2020)
- Hawaii Is Fourth State To Postpone July Bar Exam (Apr. 2, 2020)
- New Jersey Is Fifth State To Postpone July Bar Exam, First To Offer 2020 Law Grads Temporary License To Practice (Apr. 7, 2020)
- July Bar Exam Update: ABA, Arizona, California, Florida, Tennessee, Vermont (Apr. 8, 2020)
- Indiana Allows 2020 Law Grads To Serve As Graduate Legal Interns And Take February 2021 Bar Exam (Apr. 9, 2020)
- Utah To Let Grads Skip Bar Exam Due To COVID-19, But Only From Schools With 86%+ Bar Pass Rate; Grads Of Just 4 Of California's 21 Law Schools Would Qualify (Apr. 11, 2020)
- Licensing Lawyers In A Pandemic: Proving Competence (Apr. 12, 2020)
- Even In Time Of Crisis, Hold Fast To Bar Exam (Apr. 13, 2020)
- Bar Exam Federalism During The COVID-19 Pandemic (Apr. 14, 2020)
- State Bar Tells California Supreme Court: Delay Or Cancel July Bar Exam (Apr. 15, 2020)
- July Bar Exam Update: Maine, Rhode Island (Apr. 16, 2020)
- Letter From California State Bar To California Supreme Court On July Bar Exam (Apr. 17, 2020)
- July Bar Exam Update: Georgia, Tennessee, Virgin Islands (Apr. 18, 2020)
- Letter From California Deans To California Supreme Court On July Bar Exam (Apr. 18, 2020)
- More Law Prof Commentary On Utah's Bar Diploma Privilege Proposal (Apr. 20, 2020)
- NCBE Opposes States Granting Diploma Privileges To 2020 Law Grads Due To COVID-19 (Apr. 20, 2020)
- Horwitz: Law Graduates' Needs, Client Needs, And The Bar Exam (Apr. 20, 2020)
- WSJ: Law Students In ‘No Man’s Land’ As Coronavirus Delays Bar Exams (Apr. 20, 2020)
- Utah Supreme Court Issues Final Order Letting Grads Of Law Schools With Average 86+% Bar Pass Rate Skip Utah Bar Exam Due To COVID-19 (Apr. 22, 2020)
- Courts Should Look To Three Bar Exam Alternatives During Crisis (Apr. 24, 2020)
- July 2020 Bar Exam Status By Jurisdiction (Apr. 26, 2020)
- California Supreme Court Orders July Bar Exam Delayed To Sept. 9-10, Administered Online (Apr. 28, 2020)
- Texas Moves Forward With July Bar Exam, Adds September Option And Expands Practice With Supervision Program (Apr. 30, 2020)
- New York Will Give Priority To Graduates From New York's 15 Law Schools For Limited Spots To Take September Bar Exam (May 1, 2020)
- Deans Ask New York To Not Discriminate Against Graduates Of Out-Of-State Law Schools In Sitting For September Bar Exam (May 3, 2020)
- July 2020 Bar Exam Status By Jurisdiction (May 3, 2020)
- July Bar Exam Update: Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Missouri (May 4, 2020)
- Dean Amar: New York's Discrimination Against Graduates Of Out-Of-State Law Schools Is Unconstitutional — 'Whether It’s Toilet Paper Or Bar Exam Seats, Hoarding Is Wrong' (May 4, 2020)
- July Bar Exam Update: DC, Maine, Massachusetts (May 5, 2020)
- CLEA Statement On The July 2020 Bar Examination (May 6, 2020)
For complete TaxProf Blog coverage of the coronavirus, see here.
https://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2020/05/54-more-deans-ask-new-york-to-not-discriminate-against-graduates-of-out-of-state-law-schools-in-sitt.html