Ask The Professor: Why You Failed The Bar Exam
I should have studied harder. I did not know enough law. Maybe I am not cut out to be a lawyer? Friends that spent less time studying than me passed. How is that possible? What’s wrong with me? These are but a few of the comments I have heard over the last 40 years preparing […]
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New York Bar Exam Results Are Out!
The New York Bar Exam Results for the July 2015 bar exam were just released! If you took the New York Bar Exam in July, you can now find out if passed. You should have received an email overnight with the verdict, but you can also find out if you were successful by going here and […]
Read More > Above the Law: Clawbacks Panel Discussion – Wednesday, November 11th, 2015
HOSTED BY ATL+ WOLTERS KLUWER with CLE CREDIT BY MICLE Join Above the Law and Wolters Kluwer for a discussion about the new SEC clawback rule. Distinguished panelists include: Ralph Ferrara Securities Litigator Former SEC General Counsel Proskauer Rose LLP Wednesday, November 11, 2015 6:30pm Financial District, NYC (address provided in confirmation) Free CLE credit provided by Marino Legal Academy. […]
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Announcing our December 12th, 2015 12 Credit Live Lecture (Plus FREE 12 Credit Online Program Bundle) in Newark, New Jersey
Attention New Jersey attorneys born between January 1 and June 30th: Your New Jersey CLE deadline is December 31st, 2015. Before the end of the year, you must complete 24 CLE credits with 12 of those credits having to be completed through a live lecture. And if you were admitted in 2014, 15 of those […]
Read More > Ask the Professor: What Happens if You Fail the Bar Exam?
It’s 12:01 a.m. Your phone pings as an email arrives from the Board of Law Examiners. The bar exam results are here. You nervously open the email and quickly scan through until you see, “We regret to inform you …” Why bother reading any further, you know what it says. A rush of emotions pour […]
Read More > Ask the Professor: Who’s to Blame for the Falling Bar Exam Pass Rates?
Early results show the bar exam passage rate has dropped again in many states. Law schools are blaming the students, but who is really at fault? Have the law schools let their students down and are now blaming them? The average score on the MBE portion of the July 2015 test fell 1.6 points from 2014, reaching its lowest […]
Read More > CLE Rules: New York Makes Changes to its CLE Requirements
New York State’s CLE Board has recently made several changes that lawyers admitted in the state should be know about their CLE rules. The following changes will take effect on January 1, 2016: For newly admitted attorneys: -The Law Practice Management and Areas of Professional Practice credit may now be completed in any approved format, […]
Read More > Ask the Professor: Why Do We Need CLE?
One of the more annoying discoveries a fresh law graduate makes (other than the reality of the legal job market) is that they now have to take even more schooling each year in the form of continuing legal education (“CLE”). In most jurisdictions, once admitted to the bar, lawyers need to complete a minimum number […]
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