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<p> 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.<br>
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<p>Shaun Watchie Perry, WSBA 12000<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 6/26/2020 9:50 AM, Bryce Dille
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Douglas Scott<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 26, 2020 9:45 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WSBA Real Property Listserv
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<b>Cc:</b> ATTY <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:atty@insleebest.com"><atty@insleebest.com></a>;
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [WSBARP] [WSBAPT] Letter Re: Supreme
Court Grants Diploma privilege to LLTs and ABA
accredited law school grads, and No Bar Exam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">I fully concur
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<p class="MsoNormal">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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Also if you permit, I am still
willing to add my signature to your letter.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jun 25, 2020 at 7:32 PM
Gregory L. Ursich <<a
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style="color:black">Dear Honorable Supreme Court
Justices:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="color:black">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="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 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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="color:black">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</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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