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A Dozen Ways That Bar Licensure Could Change in 2026

Austen Parrish
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From the ABA Journal:

After a year marked by a disastrous attempt by California to launch its own bar exam and a call from the Committee on Legal Education and Admissions Reform to change law licensure requirements, 2026 could deliver even more changes.

The ABA Journal spoke with several bar exam experts; these are 12 of their predictions for 2026.

Julianne Hill, A Dozen Ways That Bar Licensure Could Change in 2026, ABA Journal, December 24, 2025.

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Austen Parrish
Austen Parrish is the 2025 President of the Association of American Law Schools and Dean and Chancellor’s Professor of Law at University of California, Irvine School of Law. He also serves as co-editor of the Journal of Legal Education. Before joining UC Irvine, he served as dean of Indiana University Maurer School of Law and Southwestern Law School.
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