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June 22, 2020<br><br>Gregory and Laurel,<br><br>Although I really like to keep an open mind about testing, and although I wasn't aware that some states had wiped out this requirement so hadn't given it much thought, this seems a little sweeping to me, too.<br><br>If there is a letter being circulated that we can sign, please send it to me as I would like to either sign off or write my own.<br><br>Maybe I would write my own but attach yours and reference it. I assume many letters have more impact than one signed by a bunch of people.<br><br></span></font><font size=1 color="#222222" face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222;background:white'>andrekita</span></font><font size=1 color="#222222" face=Arial><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222'><br><span style='background:white'>Law Office of F. Andrekita Silva</span><br><span style='background:white'>1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2000</span><br><span style='background:white'>Seattle, Washington 98101</span><br><span style='background:white'>206-224-8288</span><br><span style='background:white'><a href="http://www.seattle-silvalaw.com">www.seattle-silvalaw.com</a></span></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><br><br><br><br><br>Quoting Laurel Brown <<a href="mailto:laurel.brown8385@gmail.com">laurel.brown8385@gmail.com</a>>:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 9.0pt;margin-left:1.5pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Gregory, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>I for one, would be willing to sign your letter. I would also be willing to offer up my personal experiences and opinion on this matter, should you be interested.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Laurel Brown<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 8:09 PM Gregory L. Ursich <<a href="mailto:gursich@insleebest.com">gursich@insleebest.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>List serve colleagues:</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I, for one, plan to write to the Supreme Court on this issue. This broad and sweeping decision to exempt all applicants for the summer 2020 bar exams to never have to take the bar in Washington is too broad. First, bar applicants who previously failed the Washington bar, no matter how many times, are now automatically admitted if signed up for the Summer 2020 exams (July and September). Second, the last bar exam pass rate was only 49%. When I took the bar in 1989, the pass rate was only 62%. I certainly have not followed bar passage rates in Washington, but I think they have varied between about 45% to 75% over the last 30 years. The exam is a competency measure to protect the public and to ensure a certain level of competency to practice law in Washington. We are a profession with many technical rules and requirements and the public deserves the protection the bar exam provides.</span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>A more balanced approach could be that the 2020 summer exam applicants are admitted on a provisional basis and can practice law so long as they sit for the bar exam by the summer of 2021. Their admission to the bar would remain valid until the results are announced for the summer 2021 exam in the fall of 2021. If they pass that exam their admission continues. If they fail the bar exam in either the winter of 2021 or summer 2021, then their provisional admission ends until they take the exam again and pass. This approach balances the effect of the Corona Crisis on studying for and passing the bar exam during the crisis and allows for gainful employment in the interim. This approach would also protect the public because those who ultimately have a problem passing the exam will not be admitted on a long term basis until they can show their basic competency to practice law.</span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I understand that this approach of temporary licensing is being used by the Washington State boards that license dentists and pharmacists; similarly it should apply to lawyers. I encourage each of you to write to the Supreme Court on this important issue for our profession. –Greg Ursich</span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in'><tr height=77 style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:58.05pt'><td width=180 height=77 valign=top style='width:135.0pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:58.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto'><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black;mso-no-proof:yes'><img border=0 width=177 height=73 id="gmail-m_550221989040984690Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D64936.7281A910"></span></font><o:p></o:p></p></td><td width=443 height=77 valign=top style='width:332.5pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;height:58.05pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><u><font size=1 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Gregory L. Ursich</span></font></u></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=1 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Shareholder</span></font></u><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=1 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Skyline Tower, Suite 1500 | 10900 NE 4<sup>th</sup> Street | Bellevue, WA 98004</span></font></u><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=1 color=black face=Calibri><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>P: 425.450.4258 | F: 425.635.7720</span></font></u><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=1 color=blue face=Calibri><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'><a href="http://www.insleebest.com/uploads/vcards/gursich.vcf" target="_blank">vCard</a></span></font> </u><u><font size=1 color=black><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>|</span></font> </u><u><font size=1 color=blue><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'><a href="http://www.insleebest.com/" target="_blank">website</a></span></font> </u><u><font size=1 color=black><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>|</span></font> </u><u><font size=1 color=blue><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'><a href="mailto:gursich@insleebest.com" target="_blank">gursich@insleebest.com</a></span></font></u><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>This electronic mail transmission is privileged and confidential and is intended only for the review of the party to whom it is addressed. If you have received this transmission in error, please immediately return it to the sender. Unintended transmission shall not constitute waiver of the attorney-client or any other privilege.</span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-outline-level:1'><b><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></u></b><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> <a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp-bounces@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of</span></b> Kaitlyn Jackson<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, June 20, 2020 11:13 AM<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> WSBA Real Property Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbarp@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> WSBA Probate & Trust Listserv <<a href="mailto:wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com" target="_blank">wsbapt@lists.wsbarppt.com</a>><br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [WSBARP] Supreme Court Grants Diploma privilege to LLTs and ABA accredited law school grads</span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Thanks, Michael.</span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>It also looks like Dean Clark set the stage to appeal to the Court to consider doing away with the bar exam altogether. </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Something to ruminate on, for sure.</span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Sent from my iPhone</span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>On Jun 19, 2020, at 7:44 PM, <a href="mailto:msafren@jennylinglaw.com" target="_blank">msafren@jennylinglaw.com</a> wrote:</span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif'></span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Hello Fellow Listservs and RPPT section members:</span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Below please find an important message from Carla Higginson, WSBA Governor for District 2.</span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white'><u><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>“</span></font></u><u><font size=3 color="#500050" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#500050'>Colleagues,</span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><u><font size=3 color="#500050" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#500050'> </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><u><font size=3 color="#500050" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#500050'>As you may recall, I am on the Board of Governors. I am writing with regard to the Court’s recent decision to allow law school graduates to skip the bar exam this year. Here is some background. The Board of Governors was approached at our April meeting by law students asking that graduates be allowed to practice without taking the bar exam due to the COVID-19 situation. The Board voted 12 to 1 not to do so and urged the Court to require that the exam be held. The exam was scheduled to be held in several locations rather than one, and in both July and September, to minimize travel and associated virus risks by insuring that there was plenty of room in the exam rooms to follow social distancing requirements. The Board felt that requiring applicants to take and pass the bar exam was important to protect the public and ensure qualified and competent attorneys. The Court initially accepted this recommendation, but has now reversed itself, apparently in response to a letter from the Seattle University law school dean asking that their graduates be allowed to practice law without taking the bar exam this year. This letter (copy attached) was sent directly to the Court and I did not know the request had been made until after the Court issued its decision (copy attached), so there was no opportunity to alert members to the request or obtain member comment. </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><u><font size=3 color="#500050" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#500050'> </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><u><font size=3 color="#500050" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#500050'>The Court’s decision allows candidates who have previously failed a bar exam or LLLT exam to automatically be granted diploma privileges to practice law as an attorney or LLLT. However, people who have completed the law clerk (APR 6) program and are registered for the bar exam must still take it, and apparently, so do limited practice officer candidates. </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><u><font size=3 color="#500050" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#500050'> </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><u><font size=3 color="#500050" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#500050'>The pass rate statistics are as follows:</span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><u><font size=3 color="#500050" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#500050'> </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><u><font size=3 color="#500050" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#500050'>For attorney applicants, the Winter 2020 bar exam resulted in approximately 49 percent passage rate, so slightly more than half of all attorney applicants failed. </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><u><font size=3 color="#500050" face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#500050'> </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><u><font size=3 color="#500050" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#500050'>For LLLT applicants, the Winter 2020 exam was a 40% pass rate (4 passed out of 10). The Summer 2019 exam was a 25% pass rate (1 passed out of 4). Over the last four LLLT exams, a total of 8 out of 24 passed. </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><u><font size=3 color="#500050" face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#500050'> </span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=gmail-m550221989040984690m4163064496135051594default style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><u><font size=3 color=black face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'>The Board of Governors is meeting on June 26<sup>th </sup>in virtual session and the Court’s decision to grant diploma privileges is on the agenda. It will probably occur about 4 pm. Unfortunately, there will not be more than about 45 minutes or so to discuss this very important topic, but I invite you to send letters to the Court: <a href="mailto:supreme@courts.wa.gov" target="_blank"><font color="#1155cc"><span style='color:#1155CC'>supreme@courts.wa.gov</span></font></a> with a copy to me, and I will make sure that your comments are provided to the entire Board. If you wish to call in to the meeting, the number is <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>1-888-788-0099 or 1-877-853-5247 and the meeting ID is: 956 2364 5735. </span></b></span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=gmail-m550221989040984690m4163064496135051594default style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><b><u><font size=3 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span></font></u></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><u><font size=3 color="#500050" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#500050'>Regards,</span></font></u><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;background:white;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;text-align:start;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;word-spacing:0px'><u><font size=3 color="#500050" face=Helvetica><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#500050'>Carla J. 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