[WSBARP] [WSBAPT] Letter Re: Supreme Court Grants Diploma privilege to LLTs and ABA accredited law school grads, and No Bar Exam
Law Office of Shaun Watchie Perry
shaunwperry at swp-law.com
Fri Jun 26 10:37:53 PDT 2020
I concur with Greg's email, as it accurately and eloquently reflects
my concerns and I sincerely hope the Washington State Supreme Court will
reconsider its Emergency Order.
Shaun Watchie Perry, WSBA 12000
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On 6/26/2020 9:50 AM, Bryce Dille wrote:
>
> You can add mine to that as well thank you
>
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> <wsbarp-bounces at lists.wsbarppt.com> *On Behalf Of *Douglas Scott
> *Sent:* Friday, June 26, 2020 9:45 AM
> *To:* WSBA Real Property Listserv <wsbarp at lists.wsbarppt.com>
> *Cc:* ATTY <atty at insleebest.com>; supreme at courts.wa.gov; WSBA Probate
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> *Subject:* Re: [WSBARP] [WSBAPT] Letter Re: Supreme Court Grants
> Diploma privilege to LLTs and ABA accredited law school grads, and No
> Bar Exam
>
> I fully concur and you may add my name if you wish. Doug
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
>
> On Jun 25, 2020, at 8:11 PM, Laurel Brown
> <laurel.brown8385 at gmail.com <mailto:laurel.brown8385 at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
>
>
> Mr. Ursich,
>
> Excellent letter. If you permit, I will expand slightly on my
> email on this same subject, sign it and send it to you to include
> with your letter.
>
> Also if you permit, I am still willing to add my signature to your
> letter.
>
> Best,
>
> Laurel
>
> On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 7:32 PM Gregory L. Ursich
> <gursich at insleebest.com <mailto:gursich at insleebest.com>> wrote:
>
> Dear Honorable Supreme Court Justices:
>
> I write to you now regarding the Emergency Order entered by
> your Court on June 12, 2020, that suddenly changes all the APR
> rules in Washington to automatically admit to the practice of
> law all ABA graduate applicants and previous test takers who
> had failed a previous bar exam in Washington and who applied
> to take the Summer 2020 bar exam, scheduled for July and
> September 2020. 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 personally took
> the bar in 1989, the pass rate was only 62%. I came from a
> middle class family and put myself through college and law
> school after losing my father at age 11. My father was a
> retired Master Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy and my
> mother was a Registered Nurse. I still remember how hard it
> was to concentrate for and study for the bar in my mother’s
> basement. It is not an easy thing to do, but I was proud of
> my accomplishment to pass the exam and to be admitted to the
> Washington Bar at the young age of 24. 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. Every day when we deal with researching the
> law, drafting briefs and motions, meeting with our clients to
> provide legal advice, and appearing in court we are tested
> with new experiences and fact patterns and we draw on our
> expertise in the law gained from attendance in law school,
> testing our competence on the bar exam, and experience gained
> during our practice. The bar exam is an important component
> of that as ensures a minimum level of competency as a new
> lawyer to immediately represent clients in court and to take
> the responsibility for our clients’ personal liberties,
> financial health, and family relationships. The public
> deserves to know they have a competent lawyer representing
> them, and the bar exam provides a needed competency check for
> that.
>
> 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 Virus 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.
>
> I understand that this approach of temporary licensing is
> being used right now by the Washington State Boards that
> license dentists and pharmacists; similarly it should apply to
> lawyers. I for one would not want to have a doctor, dentist
> or pharmacist take care of me in Washington without having to
> take their boards. I feel that this is an important issue for
> our profession, and a more narrowly tailored approach to the
> current crisis is warranted to protect the public and to
> ensure competency in our learned profession. Thanks for
> listening. –Greg Ursich
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