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    CA Legal Apprentice Bill Summary and Sample Language

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    The document seeks an author for a bill that would amend California's Business and Professions Code to expand access to affordable legal apprenticeships. It aims to address the lack of eligible supervising attorneys for the Law Office Study Program (LOSP) by removing restrictions that prevent many new and non-continuously practicing attorneys from supervising. The proposed bill language would allow attorneys to supervise up to four students, remove requirements for physical office space and location in California, and fix issues with how credit is awarded for the First Year Law Students' Exam.

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    The document seeks an author for a bill that would amend California's Business and Professions Code to expand access to affordable legal apprenticeships. It aims to address the lack of eligible supervising attorneys for the Law Office Study Program (LOSP) by removing restrictions that prevent many new and non-continuously practicing attorneys from supervising. The proposed bill language would allow attorneys to supervise up to four students, remove requirements for physical office space and location in California, and fix issues with how credit is awarded for the First Year Law Students' Exam.

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    Summary and sample bill language for legislation that will hopefully be introduced in California

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    The document seeks an author for a bill that would amend California's Business and Professions Code to expand access to affordable legal apprenticeships. It aims to address the lack of eligible supervising attorneys for the Law Office Study Program (LOSP) by removing restrictions that prevent many new and non-continuously practicing attorneys from supervising. The proposed bill language would allow attorneys to supervise up to four students, remove requirements for physical office space and location in California, and fix issues with how credit is awarded for the First Year Law Students' Exam.

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    CA Legal Apprentice Bill Summary and Sample Language

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    The document seeks an author for a bill that would amend California's Business and Professions Code to expand access to affordable legal apprenticeships. It aims to address the lack of eligible supervising attorneys for the Law Office Study Program (LOSP) by removing restrictions that prevent many new and non-continuously practicing attorneys from supervising. The proposed bill language would allow attorneys to supervise up to four students, remove requirements for physical office space and location in California, and fix issues with how credit is awarded for the First Year Law Students' Exam.

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    SeekinganAuthorforthe

    CaliforniaLegalEducationOpportunitiesAct
    Formoreinformation,contactJanelleOrsi,ExecutiveDirector,SustainableEconomiesLawCenter,
    janelle@theselc.orgor5106499956.Tolearnmoreaboutlegalapprenticeships,visitwww.LikeLincoln.org

    SUMMARY
    Californiansaccesstoaffordablelegalservicesisseverelythreatenedbytherisingcostoflawschool.New
    lawyersareburdenedwithdebtsthatpreventthemfromofferingaffordableservicestolowandmoderate
    incomeclients.Risingtuitioncostsalsoreduceaccesstolawschoolforaspiringlawyersfromlowincome
    communities,underminingeffortstodiversifythelegalprofession.

    Inresponsetothiscrisis,thereisagrowingdemandforaffordableandpracticebasedlegaleducationthrough
    theStateBarsLawOfficeStudyProgram(LOSP).ThroughtheLOSP,aspiringlawyersmaybecomeeligibleto
    takethebarexamafterstudyingforfouryearsunderthesupervisionofanattorneyorjudge.Unfortunately,
    restrictiveprovisionsoftheBusiness&ProfessionsCodepreventanenormousnumberoflawyersfrom
    supervisingaLOSPstudent.Asaresult,arapidlygrowingnumberofaspiringlawyersarestrugglingtofind
    lawyerseligibletosupervisetheirLOSPstudy.

    Thisbillwould:
    Removetherequirementthatsupervisingattorneyshaveengagedinfiveyearsofcontinuouslaw
    practiceimmediatelypriortobeginningsupervision,recognizingthatnewlawyersarewellpositionedto
    teachbasiclawcurricula,andrecognizingthatthecontinuouspracticerequirementisverydifficultto
    meet,giventherealitiesofthelegaljobmarketandvariouslifecircumstancesthatinterruptlaw
    practice.
    Enableattorneystosuperviseuptofourstudentsatonce,raisingthecurrentlimitoftwo.
    Removetherequirementthatallstudymustphysicallytakeplaceinanoffice,giventhatthislimits
    learningopportunitiesandputsaparticularburdenonlawyerswithhomeoffices.
    RemovetherequirementthatstudytakeplaceinsidethebordersofCalifornia,recognizingan
    increasinglymobilesocietyandthegrowthofvirtuallawpractices.
    Fixtheproblematicformulabywhichstudentslosestudycreditiftheydonotpassthefirstyearlaw
    studentbarexamwithinthreeexamadministrations,sincethecurrentformuladisparatelyimpacts
    studentsdependingonthemonthoftheyearinwhichtheybeginstudy.

    SAMPLEBILLLANGUAGE

    Section6060(e)(2)(B)ofArticle4ofChapter4ofDivision3oftheBusinessandProfessionsCodeisamendedtoread:

    InalawofficeinthisstateanduUnderthepersonalsupervisionofamemberoftheStateBarofCaliforniawhois,
    andforatleastthelastfiveyearscontinuouslyhasbeen,engagedintheactivepracticeoflaw.Itisthedutyofthe
    supervisingattorneytorenderanyperiodicreportstotheexaminingcommitteeasthecommitteemayrequire.The
    supervisingattorneymaysuperviseuptofourstudentsatonetime.

    Section6060(h)(1)ofArticle4ofChapter4ofDivision3oftheBusinessandProfessionsCodeisamendedtoread:

    Havepassedalawstudentsexaminationadministeredbytheexaminingcommitteeaftercompletionofhisorher
    firstyearoflawstudy.Thosewhopasstheexaminationwithinitsfirstthreeadministrationsuponbecomingeligible
    totaketheexaminationshallreceivecreditforalllawstudiescompletedtothetimetheexaminationispassed.
    Thosewhodonotpasstheexaminationwithinitsfirstthreeadministrationsuponbecomingeligibletotakethe
    examination,butwhosubsequentlypasstheexamination,shallreceivecreditforoneyearoflegalstudyonlyshall
    loseoneyearofcreditforlegalstudy,andmaynotaccumulateadditionalcredituntilheorshepassesthe
    examination.

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