Last week, it was announced that the Democrat-led state of Washington has dropped their bar exam requirements, all in the name of “diversity, equity and inclusion.”
The move is reportedly intended to reduce ‘barriers’ and inequities.
KOMO News reported on Wednesday, March 20:
OLYMPIA, Wash. (TND) — The Washington State Supreme Court ruled Friday that prospective lawyers will not have to take the traditional National Conference of Bar Examiners test to receive licenses.
Students will be able to bypass the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE) and become certified through alternative licensing methods. Law school graduates can enroll in apprenticeship programs and experiential pathways to become practice-ready upon completion.
The court also permitted investigations into lawyers to ensure career-long competency while reducing the timeline to one year for out-of-state attorneys to become eligible in Washington.
The report also quotes Washington Supreme Court Justice Raquel Montoya-Lewis as saying, “With these alternative pathways, we recognize that there are multiple ways to ensure a competent, licensed body of new attorneys who are so desperately needed around the state.”
Watch the news report below:
Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy spoke out against the shocking development in a video statement on Friday.
“The state of Washington just eliminated the bar exam requirement to become a lawyer in the name of DEI. We’re now entering the post-woke era where anti-meritocratic policies have become so normalized they are met with eye rolls and shrugs instead of shock and outrage. America is founded on merit. Meritocracy and “equity” are incompatible. Restore colorblind meritocracy,” Ramaswamy wrote.
WATCH:
The state of Washington just eliminated the bar exam requirement to become a lawyer in the name of DEI. We’re now entering the post-woke era where anti-meritocratic policies have become so normalized they are met with eye rolls and shrugs instead of shock and outrage.
America is… pic.twitter.com/kFyCHYKLvY— Vivek Ramaswamy (@VivekGRamaswamy) March 22, 2024
The Washington State Supreme Court ruled Friday that prospective lawyers will not have to take the traditional National Conference of Bar Examiners test to receive licenses.https://t.co/31a6c0DI4k
— KOMO News (@komonews) March 23, 2024
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