Veteran State Court Judge Rips Bar Exam, Says Test ‘Does Not Function to Protect The Public’
“Judge Darleen Ortega has spent 17 years on the Oregon Court of Appeals and she’s learned a thing or two about the bar exam as she’s watched from her judicial perch. So when Oregon opted to join Utah and Washington in granting emergency diploma privilege in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and she saw mainstream outlets write the usual jeremiads about the “danger” to the public of a world without a bar exam, Judge Ortega let everyone know exactly what she’s learned about the bar exam,” reports Joe Patrice in Above the Law’s Law Schools.
“It’s pretty much useless.”
