Michigan Justice Megan Cavanagh, meets with high school students as part of a leadership camp program through Alma College. Applicants for the Uniform Bar Exam will now have to adhere to new training requirements. | Michigan Supreme Court/Facebook
Michigan Justice Megan Cavanagh, meets with high school students as part of a leadership camp program through Alma College. Applicants for the Uniform Bar Exam will now have to adhere to new training requirements. | Michigan Supreme Court/Facebook
Bar applicants taking the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) will have to adhere to new training requirements implemented by the Michigan Board of Law Examiners (BLE).
The requirements pertain to bar applicants and UBE transfers when the UBE is given for the first time in the state beginning next February, according to an Aug. 2 press release.
“We are excited and honored to partner with the BLE on creating this important training and are confident that applicants will walk away better prepared to serve their Michigan clients,” said ICLE Executive Director, David Watson, in the release.
The state-based training must be adhered to by UBE transfers and bar applicants before they are licensed to practice in the state.
“Newly-admitted Michigan attorneys should be familiar with basic Michigan law,” said Justice Brian K. Zahra, Michigan Supreme Court liaison to the BLE. “The BLE has tested Michigan law for over a century. This training maintains a Michigan component after transition to the UBE.”
The education provider for the State Bar of Michigan, the Institute of Continuing Legal Education (ICLE), is providing BLE with an interactive online state-based curriculum for anyone interested in joining the Michigan Bar, according to the release.
According to Michigan Courts, with over 50 years of experience assisting Michigan lawyers, ICLE helps their clients surpass their needs.
The Michigan Law Basics online training curriculum consists of the BLE teaching potential lawyers state law they will likely encounter during the beginning of their career, according to the release. These areas of law were based on surveys, lawyer feedback and analysis of state bar information.
Additionally, video content training will involve extensive engagement in six practice areas: criminal law; family law; civil litigation; probate and estate planning; torts and no-fault and real property, the release stated.
Prospects will need to answer questions correctly; however, they will not be scored during training and be certified to transfer to BLE upon completion, according to the release.
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