It is not uncommon for a student to go to law school in a state that they do not plan to take the bar in. Preparing to take the bar in a different state than your law school can be even harder for students when they are only offered courses geared towards certain state bar exams.This becomes increasingly difficult when it comes to preparing for the UBE in a state that does not administer the UBE. As of today there are only 10 states that do not use the UBE. One of these states is Florida.
Law school is designed to prepare students to take the bar exam. While many classes are beneficial for bar preparation in the final year of law school many students are given the option to take various classes specifically focused on bar preparation. Stetson offers classes such as Multistate Strategies, Overview of Florida and Survey of Florida. Overview of Florida and Survey of Florida are specifically geared towards the Florida bar exam. However, there are not any classes offered to help students prepare for the UBE if they plan to take the bar in another state.
While I agree in offering Overview of Florida and Survey of Florida at Stetson being that it is a Florida school I think they should also offer a course focused on UBE for students that are not planning on taking the bar in Florida. Because so many states administer the UBE I do think that this is something that law schools in other states should take into account. A student should be able to go to any school and still feel like they are offered classes that are preparing them for the bar exam regardless of the state they are taking it in.
Hello Riley!
ReplyDeleteGreat point. As someone who is taking the UBE in Texas, I would love if Stetson offered a class geared toward prepping for the UBE.