{"id":52249,"date":"2020-07-23T20:54:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T20:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/23\/new-york-law-deans-demand-diploma-privilege-for-law-school-graduates-instead-of-bar-exam\/"},"modified":"2020-07-23T20:54:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T20:54:00","slug":"new-york-law-deans-demand-diploma-privilege-for-law-school-graduates-instead-of-bar-exam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/23\/new-york-law-deans-demand-diploma-privilege-for-law-school-graduates-instead-of-bar-exam\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Law Deans Demand Diploma Privilege For Law School Graduates Instead Of Bar Exam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4221-imgpsh_fullsize_anim.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>While we support the adoption of an online examination as an option, the excessive delay in making a final determination on such an exam places an undue burden on our graduates who have been studying intensively for licensure for the past two months in the midst of extreme public health concerns and hardship.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The State of New York currently has no clear plan to facilitate the admission to the bar of thousands of our recent graduates. These graduates now are in a state of limbo, with a profound level of uncertainty and anxiety that surrounds their futures and economic stability as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>&mdash; excerpts from a letter&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/news.law.fordham.edu\/blog\/2020\/07\/17\/letter-from-new-york-deans-to-government-leaders-on-bar-exam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signed by all 15 law school deans in New York<\/a>, sent to the New York Court of Appeals, Governor Andrew Cuomo, and several other elected officials, addressing the need for the state to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/newyorklawjournal\/2020\/07\/20\/new-york-law-deans-back-diploma-privilege-after-bar-exam-cancelation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">adopt diploma privilege<\/a>&nbsp;for 2020 law school graduates &ldquo;in the swiftest way possible&rdquo; due to the ongoing pandemic and the recent&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2020\/07\/breaking-new-york-cancels-september-bar-examination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cancellation of the bar exam<\/a>. &ldquo;Immediate action is essential,&rdquo; they write.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2020\/07\/new-york-law-deans-demand-diploma-privilege-for-law-school-graduates-instead-of-bar-exam\/?rf=1\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2020\/07\/new-york-law-deans-demand-diploma-privilege-for-law-school-graduates-instead-of-bar-exam\/?rf=1<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>STACI ZARETSKY<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>STACI ZARETSKY<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/4221-imgpsh_fullsize_anim.png\" alt=\"\">While we support the adoption of an online examination as an option, the excessive delay in making a final determination on such an exam places an undue burden on our graduates who have been studying intensively for licensure for the past two months in the midst of extreme public health concerns and hardship. The State &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/23\/new-york-law-deans-demand-diploma-privilege-for-law-school-graduates-instead-of-bar-exam\/\">Continue reading <span>New York Law Deans Demand Diploma Privilege For Law School Graduates Instead Of Bar Exam<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/23\/new-york-law-deans-demand-diploma-privilege-for-law-school-graduates-instead-of-bar-exam\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New York Law Deans Demand Diploma Privilege For Law School Graduates Instead Of Bar Exam - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/23\/new-york-law-deans-demand-diploma-privilege-for-law-school-graduates-instead-of-bar-exam\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New York Law Deans Demand Diploma Privilege For Law School Graduates Instead Of Bar Exam - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While we support the adoption of an online examination as an option, the excessive delay in making a final determination on such an exam places an undue burden on our graduates who have been studying intensively for licensure for the past two months in the midst of extreme public health concerns and hardship. 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