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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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Students receive a salary comparable to an entry-level position in public service or public interest and a stipend during study for the bar examination.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 17, 2022

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

He has just passed his bar examination and is practicing temporarily in my office.

From The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure by Hornblow, Arthur

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