r/idiocracy May 15 '24

"Your honor... just look at him" a dumbing down

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u/MindlessFail May 15 '24

This is disingenuously phrased imo: https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2024/mar/15/supreme-court-bar-exam-will-no-longer-be-required-/

TLDR: The bar isn't a great indicator of a lawyer's effectiveness already and many lawyers are asking for a change. This is an attempt at doing that.

I'm personally still super nervous about it but I also get that things do change as we learn more and I'm not married to the bar specifically. It is just risky but it's not about lowering standards.

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u/[deleted] May 15 '24

WA by and large did away with GREs for graduate school so this seems to be following suit.

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u/MindlessFail May 15 '24

Kinda my point. IDK if doing that for GRE is right/wrong for graduate school success but I also acknowledge that it COULD be and trust that authorities in that space can make those calls better than I can. I see some colleges that dropped ACT/SAT are bringing them back so maybe it's not a good idea but we don't HAVE to have a standardized test as the only metric.

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u/fuckyoudigg May 15 '24

I come from a place where all universities and colleges care about are your top 6 classes from grade 12. No letter writing, no extra-curriculars. Reading about how it is done in the US and many other places has always baffled me.