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Gavin Tighe and Stephen Thiele discuss the implications of the Law Society of Ontario's proposal to eliminate bar exams for lawyers.

Send us Fan Mail If becoming a lawyer no longer requires proving what you know, what does the profession really stand for? Gavin Tighe and Stephen Thiele take on the Law Society of Ontario’s proposal to scrap bar exams in favor of a training course, arguing that removing substantive testing undermines both public protection and the meaning of being called to the bar. Drawing on their own experiences in law school and practice, they explore how legal education has changed, why base...

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