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bar examination

American  
Or bar exam

noun

  1. a written examination to determine if one is qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction.


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“It would give those who have spent down savings or taken out loans to study for the bar examination the opportunity to earn the income they may need to prepare for another attempt.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 3, 2025

School of Law, and has accepted an offer to work in the real estate transactional group at Kasowitz Benson Torres, a law firm in New York, following graduation and the bar examination.

From New York Times Jan. 13, 2019

If you want to practice law today, you minimally have to graduate from college, then law school, and then pass a state bar examination.

From Salon Jun. 8, 2018

Last week, all across the country, tens of thousands of law school graduates endured an agonizing rite of passage: the bar examination.

From Slate Aug. 7, 2014

Problems in law for law school and bar examination review.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1976 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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