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Corrections to several articles published in previous issue on topics including the misstatement regarding U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris's account of retaking the bar exam and the ongoing efforts to address such inaccuracies in press runs.

The article explores the concept of "p(doom)" (probability of doom) among artificial intelligence researchers, measuring the likelihood of artificial intelligence (AI) causing catastrophic events or human extinction.

The article discusses that Brianna Hill, a recent law school graduate in Chicago, felt what she thought might be her water breaking as she took the bar exam in her home office on Oct. 5, she did not leave her chair.

The article discusses scrutiny of passing the bar examination as a necessary qualification to practice law in the United States, highlighting challenges to the bar exam from law schools and states such as Arizona, Iowa, and New Hampshire. Topics addressed include law school deans' reactions to declining performance in the bar exam evidenced by results in 2014, criticisms of the exam's emphasis on rote memorization, and concerns that the exam limits accessibility to the lawyering profession.

The article reports on the concern of the California Court on the decline of bar examination passers in the state, which led to the reform allowing students to pass the test easier and acquire license required when practicing law and notes the criticism of the said initiative.

The article discusses law school students' choice of locations for studying for the bar examination as of July 17, 2013, highlighting unconventional locations for summer studying. Topics addressed include studying on beaches and at vacation destinations such as Jamaica and Thailand, and the psychological aspects of studying for the bar exam.

The article reports on the plan of the American Bar Association to tighten the rule for the law graduates to pass state bar exams and become a practicing lawyer in the U.S.

This article the company BAR/BRI, a company that offers bar exam training courses for potential lawyers. BAR/BRI was sued using deceptive marketing tactics and running an illegal monopoly, while also overcharging their students by roughly $1,000 per student. BAR/BRI reached a class-action settlement for $49 million in the case.

The article reports that lawyers in California have filed a lawsuit against BAR/BRI, which helps law school graduates prepare for bar examinations. The lawyers are represented by Los Angeles lawyer Eliot G. Disner, who asserts that BAR/BRI has an illegal monopoly on preparing law students for the bar exam and has overcharged them by millions of dollars. Students have filed complaints charging that BAR/BRI paid competitors to shut down and negotiated illegal agreements with potential competitors to divide the market. Lawyers for BAR/BRI deny that the company violated antitrust laws.

Presents samples of questions and answers on the bar exam taken by law graduates.

The article reports on the decision of the state government of New York to adopt the Uniform Bar Examination which has been used in 15 other U.S. states to improve the job prospects for new lawyers.

Corrections to previous articles are presented including the possible role of an alliance of Arab parties that won 13 seats in the 2015 Israeli Parliamentary election, the efforts to change or supplant the bar exam, and the preparations for the funeral of Cardinal Edward M. Egan.

The author reflects on the plan of New York's chief judge Jonathan Lippman to let third-year law students to take part in the bar exam in February instead of July starting 2015 in exchange for spending their last semester doing free legal work for the poor under the supervision of seasoned lawyers.

The article offers insight on the proposed rule change that would allow students to take state bar exam just two years after their studies in law schools in New York.

Washington FOR decades the legal industry has operated as a monopoly, which has been made possible by its self-imposed rules and state licensing restrictions -- namely, the requirements that lawyers must graduate from an American Bar Association-accredited law school and pass a state bar examination. The industry claims these requirements are essential quality-control measures because consumers do not have sufficient information to judge in advance whether a lawyer is competent and honest. In reality, though, occupational licensure has been costly and ineffective; it misleads consumers about the quality of licensed lawyers and the potential for non-lawyers to provide able assistance. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Thousands sat for the grueling New York State Bar Examination on Tuesday and Wednesday, sweating out the intricacies of criminal codes and contract law. For many, the fear factor was heightened by the threat of a personal computer meltdown during the exam. ''There's no guarantee when it comes to technology,'' said John McAlary, the executive director of the New York State Board of Law Examiners, before the exams. ''There's always a risk that something can go wrong.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Reports on the controversy on the possibility law reader to take bar examinations and become a lawyer without setting foot in a law school.

Reports on the opposition of legal experts, bar associations and law school deans to a proposal by the New York State Board of Law Examiners to raise the minimum passing score for the bar exam.

Provides information on the review classes provided for the law graduates at New York City's Town Hall, including the opinion of several lawyers on the value of state bar examination.

Reports on the posthuomus justice given to Takuji Yamashita, a member of the class of 1902 at the University of Washington law school who passed his bar exam with honors, only to be denied the right to practice law by the Washington Supreme Court.

Discusses the lawsuit filed by a dyslexic law graduate against the California committee of bar examiners on their refusal to allow him to double the time to take the bar examination. Reactions of other disabled student on the case filed; Overview of the other case that happened in West Virginia; Accommodations granted by California bar examiners on disabled applicants.

Reports a rise in the percentage of people clearing bar examinations in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, as reported on May 15, 1995.

Focuses on the ruling of a United States appeals court in New York City that a law school graduate claiming a reading disorder was entitled to extra time and other reasonable accommodations on the New York State bar examination. Claim of an expert hired by the bar examiners that Vermont Law School graduate Marilyn Bartlett had no disability; Concern of professional licensing organizations about the ruling's impact on professional standards; Details.

States the New York State's highest court announced a plan to ease some of the rigorous academic requirements for lawyers from other states and countries who want to take the bar exam. What the changes are; When the changes will take effect; Why the changes are being made.

Focuses on a study conducted by the Law School Admission Council of Newtown, Pennsylvania, which highlights the success rates of African-American law graduates who write the Law School Admission Council Test. Comparison of the success rate of African-Americans to other ethnic groups; Comments from Henry Ramsey Jr., a retired California state judge; Findings of the study.