PODCAST: New York and the Uniform Bar Exam

Associate Dean Rodger Citron discusses the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) with the Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman, who, among other things, chaired the New York State Bar Association Task Force on the New York Bar Examination. They discuss the Task Force’s recommendation for New York to no longer use the UBE and instead develop its own bar exam.

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Our guest today is the Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman.

Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman

Hon. Alan D. Scheinkman chairs the New York State Bar Association Task Force on the New York Bar Examination. He was the presiding justice of the Appellate Division, Second judicial Department in Brooklyn, until his retirement last year. He serves as a neutral with National Arbitration and Mediation.

For additional information on this topic, please see below.

Link to Judge Scheinkman’s article on BloombergLaw.com:

Why New York Should Withdraw From the Uniform Bar Exam (bloomberglaw.com).

Link to the Task Force:

Task Force On The New York Bar Examination – New York State Bar Association (nysba.org).