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A Comparison Of The New York Bar Examination And The Proposed Uniform Bar Examination, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus, Mary Campbell Gallagher
A Comparison Of The New York Bar Examination And The Proposed Uniform Bar Examination, Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus, Mary Campbell Gallagher
Suzanne Darrow Kleinhaus
The New York Board of Law Examiners (BOLE) proposes adopting the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE), substituting it for the current New York Bar Exam (NYBE). The BOLE proposal is currently under active consideration, and it is the subject of public hearings. This article examines some of the issues the proposal raises. First, we look at the history of the proposal, and at the differences between the UBE and the NYBE as it is currently administered. Then we look in detail at the proposal for New York: a combination of the UBE plus a stand-alone one-hour multiple-choice New York test. Finally, …