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\nSENT VIA EMAIL  \nJune 30,2023  \nHonorable Patricia Guerrero,Chief Justice of CaliforniaHonorable Associate JusticesSupreme Court of California350 McAllister StreetSan Francisco,CA 94102  \n# RE:   Report and Recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future ofCalifornia Bar Exam\n\nDear Chief Justice Guerrero and Associate Justices:  \nOn behalf of the State Bar Board of Trustees,I am pleased to transmit to the Supreme Court theReport and Recommendations of the Joint Supreme Court/State Bar Blue Ribbon Commissionon the Future of the Bar Exam(BRC or commission).This report is a culmination of nearly twoyears of research and analysis,19 meetings informed by impressive presentations from thoughtleaders in the United States and abroad,discussion and debate among members of the BlueRibbon Commission,and thousands of comments submitted by interested stakeholders and thegeneral public alike.  \nOn October 26,2020,the Supreme Court adopted the charter for the BRC,and charged it with:  \n[D]eveloping recommendations concerning whether and what changes to maketo the California Bar Exam,and whether to adopt alternative or additionaltesting or tools to ensure minimum competence to practice law.In so doing,thecommission willreview the results of the California Attorney Practice Analysisand the CAPA Working Group's recommendations;the results of the 2020National Conference of Bar Examiners practice analysis and its recommendationsfor the Uniform Bar Exam(UBE)content and format;and the results of additionalrecent studies on the California Bar Exam conducted the State Bar,including dataexamining the pass rates of applicants of color.While its work will be groundedin these studies'empirical findings,the commission shall explore other issues toensure that the exam is an effective tool for determining whether applicants are  \nLos Angeles Office  \n845 South Figueroa Street  \nLos Angeles,CA 90017  \nprepared to practice law ethically and competently at a level appropriate for anentry-level attorney.1  \nThe BRC met between July 2021 and April 2023 to satisfy this charge,ultimately developingrecommendations as related to the California Bar Exam(bar exam)as outlined below.  \n## SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS\n\nIn summary,the BRC generated the following recommendations in response to the Court'scharge regarding the bar exam:  \n·California should develop its own exam and not rely on the NextGen Bar Exam indevelopment by the National Conference of Bar Examiners.  \n● The exam should focus more heavily on assessment of skills and application ofknowledge than on memorization of doctrinal law.  \n● The exam should test the subject matter content(or knowledge)previouslyrecommended by the CAPA Working Group,with the addition of professionalresponsibility.  \n·The exam should test the skills and abilities previously recommended by the CAPAWorking Group.  \n·The Supreme Court should revise the requirement for licensing out-of-state attorneys toallow licensure without sitting for the bar exam if the attorney is licensed in a state thathas reciprocity with California,with regard to all California licensees and not simplygraduates of ABA-accredited law schools.  \n● The State Bar shall,with experts in exam development and other specialists,design anexam that is fair,equitable,and minimizes disparate performance impacts based onrace,gender,ethnicity,disability,and other immutable characteristics.  \nIn contrast to the detailed recommendations about the exam,the BRC did not develop anyrecommendation as to“whether to adopt alternative...testing or tools to ensure minimumcompetence to practice law.\"The BRC received extensive information about,and discussedalternative exam pathways at length,but did not have a majority of members supporting arecommendation to adopt,or not to adopt,an alternative pathway.  \nThe Court is therefore being asked simply to consider the BRC's recommendations regardingthe bar exam.  \nMore detail on the 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