bar examination
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- noun
- /bɑr ˌɛksɪˈmɪneɪʃən/
- Formal
:
examen de abogacía
- I am a Harvard Law School graduate, and I created this blog to assist current and prospective law students who have questions about law school, the bar examination, and finding a law-related job.
- passing the bar examination
- take the bar examination
Examples
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After years of hard work, she successfully passed her bar examination on the first attempt.
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But I take my bar examination next June.
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Soon after Hubble returned home, he passed the Kentucky bar examination.
Academic text (1990) -
In order to become an attorney, an individual needs to graduate from college, complete law school, and pass a bar examination specific to the state where he or she hopes to practice.
Blog text (30) -
If she relocates to British Columbia, she will have to take a new bar examination, although all three provinces apply the same legal system.
Academic text (2006) -
As such, ASL graduates are eligible to sit for the bar examination in any U.S. state or the District of Columbia.
Blog text (5) -
A student who received her law degree in Nova Scotia but wishes to practice in Manitoba has to write the bar examination there.
Academic text (2006) -
She earned a JD in 2011 from American University Washington College of Law, where she focused on international law and passed the New York bar examination in 2011.
Blog text (26) -
He is studying for his upcoming bar examination to become a licensed attorney.
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To practice law in this state, you must first take and pass the bar examination.
Synonyms
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A test that checks if a person can work as a lawyer in a country or state
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an official exam to qualify to practice law' is directly derivable from combining 'bar' (the community/qualification of lawyers) with 'examination' (a formal test). This straightforward noun–noun composition names the test associated with the bar and is a predictable, cross-linguistically common concept, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would likely understand it.
Etymology
The noun bar examination comes from the old courtroom bar, a low wooden fence that separated judges and lawyers from the public. To be allowed past that fence meant you could 'practice law', so the bar examination became the test people must pass to do that.