Senior Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Emily Scivoletto Appointed to Bar Exam Commission

Senior Assistant Dean for Student Affairs Emily L. Scivoletto has been appointed to the Joint California Supreme Court/State Bar Blue Ribbon Commission on the Future of the California Bar Exam. She is one of 19 members of the commission, notes the April 27 press release from the state’s Judicial Branch. Read the press release.

The commission will develop recommendations on whether to make changes to the California Bar Exam, and “whether to adopt alternative or additional testing or tools to ensure minimum competence to practice law,” according to the charter. It also will consider whether the bar exam, or any of its parts, should be administered online and/or in-person. Recommendations are expected to be announced in early 2022.