NextGen bar exam elevates legal competence, streamlines interstate practice

Since when have conservatives started defending the bar examination? For decades, many on the right have argued it was an arbitrary barrier to entry into the legal profession. Now, some conservatives are arguing that reforms designed to make it a highly practical exam are actually promoting DEI and wokeness.

This couldn’t be further from the truth. 

As a current Arizona Supreme Court justice and a retired Minnesota Supreme Court justice, we both served on the judicial advisory...