Washington Supreme Court Rules Bar Exam
Negatively Impacts Minorities, Will No
Longer Require It For Lawyers
Daily Caller,
by
Mariane Angela
Original Article
Posted By: Beardo,
3/18/2024 10:18:46 PM
The Washington State Supreme Court officially abolished the traditional bar exam requirement for aspiring lawyers Friday due to its perceived negative impact on minorities.
The Supreme Court has announced that the bar exam is no longer a requirement for those who aspire to be practicing lawyers. The Bar Licensure Task Force claims that the exam is only minimally effective in measuring competency and noted its unfair barrier to marginalized communities aspiring to practice law, according to the Washington Administrative Office of the Courts. The Task Force on Bar Licensure found that the usual bar exam unfairly stops people from underrepresented groups from entering the legal profession.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Scottyboy 3/18/2024 10:33:43 PM (No. 1680557)
We are literally watching the destruction of Western Civilization from within.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Gazela 3/18/2024 10:38:41 PM (No. 1680560)
The same thing could be said for law school. Are they going to drop that requirement, too?
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 3/18/2024 10:42:11 PM (No. 1680563)
God help you if you need a lawyer in the state of Washington. The lawyer you hired does not know the law. Who benefits? Criminals. They will have real lawyers.
79 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
wilarrbie 3/18/2024 10:43:30 PM (No. 1680565)
Law of the jungle: Make it up as you go.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
slipstik 3/18/2024 10:50:40 PM (No. 1680568)
This is the stupidest thing I've heard in the last hour. Stupid is coming in hot lately.
So what "law" are these marginalized people going to practice? Voodoo? Shari'a? Talmudic? Jungle?
Is that collection of idiots at the WA supreme Court able to adjudicate under such conditions?
Mediocracy, ARISE!! Be all you can be...
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
weirdone 3/18/2024 11:07:52 PM (No. 1680570)
I don't think it will make any difference, look at some of the SCOUS appointments confirmed lately.
89 people like this.
Hat tip: never go to a Washington state lawyer licensed after 2023
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
vhs68 3/18/2024 11:12:28 PM (No. 1680574)
In a related article, the AMA is considering abolishing the 3rd year of med school for those marginalized communities aspiring to become M.D.'s. It's not fair for these students to have to wait another year to get to work. This will give those students the opportunity to get working sooner.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Tet Vet 68 3/18/2024 11:14:25 PM (No. 1680575)
Unbelievable. Minorities are too stupid to pass the Bar, in their racist view, so we give them a pass no competence required and admit without passing the Bar Exam. Good luck Washington State Khama will bite you where it hurts the most.
59 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Heil Liberals 3/18/2024 11:15:43 PM (No. 1680577)
I wondered where the concept for the movie Idiocracy got its start. Now the mystery is solved.
48 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
AntiStatist 3/18/2024 11:19:56 PM (No. 1680578)
Standards be racist.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
rochow 3/18/2024 11:38:04 PM (No. 1680589)
Well, just look at the Fani dame and her boyfriend. Would you retain either of them as your lawyer? They got through because of skin color.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Italiano 3/18/2024 11:42:20 PM (No. 1680590)
Certain jurisdictions, notably DC, have been dumbing down their bar exams for years. Mostly so certain "demographics" could pass it and go on to government legal jobs.
I won't name names, but don't have to.
BTW, Hillary Clinton flunked it. LOL.
62 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Miss T 3/18/2024 11:45:25 PM (No. 1680591)
This is not really news. There was no Washington bar exam at all in 2020, because of Covid restrictions. The Bar Examiners just declared that anyone who had graduated from law school could practice law. Anyone can imagine the anger of lawyers licensed before 2020. I used to tell people that I had birthed a nine-pound child completely unmedicated, and I had taken the Washington bar exam, and altogether I would rather have another baby than to take another bar exam.
A few years ago, we had Tara Simmons, a convicted felon, appealing her "lack of fitness" ruling by the Bar to the State Supreme Court, where she got a pass. Simmons had already lost her nursing license. As a registered nurse, she was convicted of dealing drugs with an enhancement to the sentence for committing the drug crime while in the possession of an unregistered firearm. Simmons is now in the state legislature, as a representative from my home county.
When you hire a lawyer in Washington, take a look at the bar number. The lower the bar number, the longer the lawyer has been licensed.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Northcross 3/18/2024 11:51:24 PM (No. 1680594)
If I were a black attorney in Washington State who passed the bar, I would be outraged. Now people will consider all POC attorneys to be unqualified.
63 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
DVC 3/19/2024 1:09:31 AM (No. 1680609)
Standards, we don't need no stinking standards! Any black person can be a lawyer now in the Insane North of the Left Coast.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 3/19/2024 1:32:11 AM (No. 1680622)
There goes the neighborhood, along with their "exclusive" franchise! What a bunch of total dumb arses.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
smokincol 3/19/2024 1:45:06 AM (No. 1680627)
does that means anyone can become a lawyer in Washington?? ... that should certainly help the people of that state in a big way
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
FJB 3/19/2024 2:59:25 AM (No. 1680640)
And this is why all those 737s have been sliding off runways lately? #1 Has it right. MAGA-FJB
30 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
FJB 3/19/2024 3:04:19 AM (No. 1680641)
And minorities can't determine how to get a photo ID for voting? History confirms that Marxist ideology only succeeds at the point of a gun, and when Marxism fails, it's only after brutally destroying everything around it. Look around.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Trigger2 3/19/2024 3:14:05 AM (No. 1680645)
Want an incompetent lawyer? Go to Washington.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
mifla 3/19/2024 4:03:56 AM (No. 1680655)
Once again, Democrats are telling minorities that they are too stupid to compete.
Had enough yet?
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
RWPollock 3/19/2024 4:18:20 AM (No. 1680664)
Dumbing down American because minorities cannot cut the mustard.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
RWPollock 3/19/2024 4:23:19 AM (No. 1680667)
Dumbing down America because minorities cannot cut the mustard. How sad..
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
NessunDorma 3/19/2024 4:42:04 AM (No. 1680674)
Probably the medical boards also have a "perceived negative impact" on minorities. Shall we drop them as well?
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
5 handicap 3/19/2024 5:35:27 AM (No. 1680687)
One would think that unqualified incompetent Lawyers would have a worse adverse effect, would it not?
Look at what Affirmative Action has done to the Military under Austin?
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 3/19/2024 6:06:50 AM (No. 1680692)
Same old story -- equity, not merit.
25 people like this.
No Worries! Oregon recently announced there will be no High School Exit Exam. So......at the end of high school, claim that you are a transsexual transvestite from Transylvania, and... Shazam, you now have a law degree and can 'practice' law.
(it's just a jump to the left, and a step to the right..)
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
privateer 3/19/2024 6:43:42 AM (No. 1680704)
The government's official position: POCs are inferior by nature, and cannot succeed with out a paternalistic hand up. Not to be confused with Racism. Now you too can be a lawyer! Just watch a couple reruns of L.A. Law, and you're good to go.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Rubygram 3/19/2024 6:49:56 AM (No. 1680708)
Terrific! One would think we didn’t already have enough stupid lawyers!
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On the flip side of this....it will be a boost to older lawyers. No one will want a young one!
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
WillyP 3/19/2024 7:25:58 AM (No. 1680734)
i have never been to the state and never had a reason and probably never will visit ................... apparently, lunacy is the norm.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
homefry 3/19/2024 7:27:43 AM (No. 1680735)
Another spot that the dim-0s in charge declare that minorities (blacks) are so inferior as to be unable to compete.
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
anniebc 3/19/2024 7:33:03 AM (No. 1680739)
The left has ripped Washington state to shreds. Give it back to the Indians for goodness sake.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 3/19/2024 7:39:26 AM (No. 1680742)
Just wait until these lawyers become judges. Maybe it won't make any difference. We already have many unqualified judges.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
marbles 3/19/2024 7:43:00 AM (No. 1680748)
Too stupid to know the law ? Don't worry, you can still be a lawyer. Ketanji Brown Jackson is a Supreme Court justice and she knows nothing about our Constitution. And, she took an oath to uphold it. See how this works? Stupid is now a qualifier. A resume enhancer. The moral question is...........do you have to inform would be clients that you're a legal idiot?
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
WI Cynic 3/19/2024 7:48:55 AM (No. 1680751)
So the modern Democrats are agreeing with the slave holders who said that black people were inferior and needed to be looked after by their betters. Charming.
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
Daisymay 3/19/2024 7:49:26 AM (No. 1680752)
I thought this was a Joke! Then I read the Article! How sad!
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
bpl40 3/19/2024 7:59:34 AM (No. 1680757)
What's next? Abolish Medical Schools because they affect 'minorities' negatively?? This is sheer insanity!
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
paral04 3/19/2024 8:08:53 AM (No. 1680763)
So, because they think that minorities are too stupid to pass the bar that can determine if the student knows anything, they are going to quit testing. Brilliant!
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
BarryNo 3/19/2024 8:31:01 AM (No. 1680785)
The purpose is to legally muddy the waters, while empowering hundreds of activists claiming the title of lawyer, and misrepresenting the law as whatever is convenient to the people behind the Washington Supreme Court. The tyranny of decree by fiat has returned to America.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
Lazyman 3/19/2024 8:32:37 AM (No. 1680789)
The government appears to have forgotten its responsibility to protect citizens.
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Maybe the bar exam could be given in ebonics. Would that help?
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
Rinktum 3/19/2024 8:47:56 AM (No. 1680800)
Hey, why don’t democrats just fast track minorities right to the bench. After all, they are in their opinion, all ready to dispense Justice, democrat justice. All that is needed is an aggrieved justice warrior in a black robe and you have democrat justice at its finest. Every law student in this country should balk at this and if they had any integrity, they would. But we know this generation loves participation trophies so they will not make a peep. The purpose of law school is to give the student a vigorous and intense immersion in the Constitution and law. Passing the bar was a point of pride, a rite of passage into a career that at one time, had the respect of most Americans. Now, it is going to be a continuation of legal scholars like Leticia James, Fani Willis, Nathan Wade, Alvin Bragg, Judge Engoron and the law will be dumbed down to suit the purposes of the democrat party which is Justice for me and not thee.
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Reply 45 - Posted by:
Sanddollar 3/19/2024 8:49:17 AM (No. 1680801)
Isn't this really saying that some cannot pass the bar exam? I want an attorney that is smart and can pass the bar exam. We keep relaxing standards in this country and look where we are, a declining society.
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Reply 46 - Posted by:
Strike3 3/19/2024 9:03:54 AM (No. 1680808)
Hmmmmm, now why does it negatively impact minorities?
The requirements for doctors, nurses and airline pilots are a bit stringent, have you looked into those? Do you know where Zimbabwe is?
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So, what the Washington Supreme Court is really saying with its ruling is minorities are incapable of passing the bar. You can't get more racist than that.
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Reply 48 - Posted by:
Hermoine 3/19/2024 9:43:53 AM (No. 1680843)
What about CPAs, MDs, Money managers, realtors, insurance agents, etc. The list could go on and on.
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Reply 49 - Posted by:
Laotzu 3/19/2024 9:49:54 AM (No. 1680849)
Having standards is detrimental to Black Americans. As a class, they share much in common with the developmentally disabled.
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Reply 50 - Posted by:
zephyrgirl 3/19/2024 9:51:09 AM (No. 1680850)
This stupidity accomplishes nothing except to insure that anyone paying attention will NEVER use a minority lawyer licensed after 2023. The big law firms will benefit since they'll vet their new hires to make sure they're competent.
10 people like this.
Reply 51 - Posted by:
Ida Lou Pino 3/19/2024 9:54:05 AM (No. 1680853)
Hmmm - - I didn't know you had to pass an exam to be a bartender.
Why can't "minorities" pass a bartender exam? Don't they know how to mix drinks properly?
I'm really confused - - - - - -
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Reply 52 - Posted by:
Laotzu 3/19/2024 9:57:10 AM (No. 1680857)
Coming to the practice of medicine next. Which will bring to an end the last reason to remain in America.
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Reply 53 - Posted by:
moebellini3 3/19/2024 10:05:37 AM (No. 1680866)
So, the Washington Supreme court admits that minorities are basically too stupid to attain a certain level of education. But then again it's the state of Washington. Pathetic.
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Reply 54 - Posted by:
Foont 3/19/2024 10:09:23 AM (No. 1680869)
Algonquin J. Calhoun sends his heartfelt thanks.
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Reply 55 - Posted by:
janjan 3/19/2024 10:17:51 AM (No. 1680877)
This court is literally telling ‘underrepresented groups’ (liberal code for blacks and Hispanics) that they aren’t smart enough to pass the bar exam even after finishing law school. What could be more racist than that? Why don’t these people get that?
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Reply 56 - Posted by:
broken01 3/19/2024 10:22:29 AM (No. 1680881)
And lawyers wonder why people don't like them and why there are so many jokes about them. This stupidity just adds fuel to those fires. Also, this is just Washington State trying to out stupid California and Oregon out there on the Left Coast.
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Reply 57 - Posted by:
bighambone 3/19/2024 10:25:48 AM (No. 1680889)
Why should minority individuals even have to complete law school to become lawyers if they are fully indoctrinated in, and intend to push the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I)? As who would hire such bogus lawyers to be their legal representatives in legitimate legal actions?
9 people like this.
Reply 58 - Posted by:
Old Army Vet 3/19/2024 10:26:23 AM (No. 1680890)
Once again the dimorRATS show their utter contempt for POC. I don't see how someone that keeps being told that they are to dumb to make it in life keep voting for the people telling them that. Maybe they are that dumb.
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Reply 59 - Posted by:
Zigrid 3/19/2024 10:33:19 AM (No. 1680896)
Seems to me...this only puts more pressure on black wanna/be lawyers to not be chosen....Americans will look for those who passed their bar exam...whites and Hispanics...and Orientals.....another case of woke interference ...having said that...I have the most fabulous black lawyer for years...and he's always done right by me....so Paul...if you're reading this...thank you!!
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Reply 60 - Posted by:
Gordon Mills 3/19/2024 10:36:53 AM (No. 1680900)
Actions like this and other similar actions, notably Affirmative Action programs is tacit admission they just ain't too smart.
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Reply 61 - Posted by:
Safari Man 3/19/2024 10:58:47 AM (No. 1680929)
Which means you cannot be disbarred either.
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Reply 62 - Posted by:
thomthomp 3/19/2024 11:03:07 AM (No. 1680935)
I was an airline pilot. To get that job I needed a lot of experience and had to pass a lot of tests. To keep it I had to pass tests every year. I'm sure those tests discriminated against the inexperienced and incompetent, but that shouldn't be a barrier to inexperienced and incompetent people of color because...slavery doncha know. (Sarc/off)
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Reply 63 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 3/19/2024 11:03:52 AM (No. 1680937)
We cannot have all that lost income; find someone well versed in Ebonics and have them teach the finer points of the law. Besides, hand the Ten Commandments in courtrooms again--that'll do it!
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Reply 64 - Posted by:
padiva 3/19/2024 11:09:50 AM (No. 1680940)
Are there reciprocal agreements for law licenses between Washington and other states?
How soon will that policy be rescinded?
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Reply 65 - Posted by:
jhpeters2 3/19/2024 11:51:07 AM (No. 1680956)
No law school for Ole Abe Lincoln, and just a brief, cursory oral exam and he was admitted to the bar. But upon further investigation, Lincoln was rather astute compared to most law school indoctrinated lawyers.
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Reply 66 - Posted by:
Dannee 3/19/2024 11:53:56 AM (No. 1680958)
If you're in trouble "Better Call Saul", there's a better chance that your case will end in a mistrial if the other "lawyer" is one of the new guys,
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Reply 67 - Posted by:
zoidberg 3/19/2024 2:22:43 PM (No. 1681047)
What is a lawyer?
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Reply 68 - Posted by:
PrayerWarrior 3/19/2024 2:30:21 PM (No. 1681049)
Someone with standing should take this ruling to a higher court. (Leading to the U.S. Supreme Court) This is like what the Colorado Supreme Court tried to do with taking DJT off of the ballot. What is with these State Supreme Courts? Are they nuts?
This is stupid! Or as stupid is as stupid does.
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Reply 69 - Posted by:
Hermit_Crab 3/19/2024 3:00:42 PM (No. 1681074)
Wow!
Remind me to stay out of legal difficulties in Washington.
Come to think of it.... Remind me to stay out of Washington completely.
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Reply 70 - Posted by:
Historybuff 3/19/2024 5:09:51 PM (No. 1681170)
Spot the Racist.
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Reply 71 - Posted by:
LazloHaride 3/19/2024 5:31:08 PM (No. 1681180)
Do 75% of blacks fail the exam? If so then law is too intellectually challenging for them and they ought to do other jobs. That’s as it should be. If you can’t do the job, do another job. Astrophysics is way above my brain level but I’ve never demanded a job at NASA. I do work I can do, not work I can’t do.
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Reply 72 - Posted by:
NeonVortex 3/19/2024 7:30:25 PM (No. 1681232)
I took and passed the California state bar exam. It measures nothing except your ability to take the test. It has no predictive value as to the kind of lawyer you might be. In fact, the whole system is a scam to line the pockets of the California State Bar.
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Reply 73 - Posted by:
24tea@Mag 3/19/2024 9:24:13 PM (No. 1681292)
Sad. Let’s give minorities another break. Look what we have now with DAs.
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