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Citing COVID-19, Minnesota Law Graduates Seek to Bypass Bar Exam to Practice in Wisconsin

The Journal Sentinel’s report said the graduates’ request acknowledged health hazards associated with holding Wisconsin’s bar exam this summer in light of social distancing barriers and asked the state to expand its “diploma privilege” policy instead. In Wisconsin, diploma privilege allows those who graduated from one of the state’s two law schools, University of Wisconsin and Marquette University, to practice law in-state without taking the bar exam.