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New Pathways to Lawyer Licensure: Part II

WA Bar News

PART 2: NEW PATHWAYS TO LICENSURE APPROVED IN CONCEPT BY WASHINGTON SUPREME COURT—NOW UNDER CONSTRUCTION PRELIMINARY PATHWAY QUESTIONS Q: Is Washington alone in creating alternative pathways to licensure? Are we “dumbing down” lawyer admissions in Washington so everyone gets in? Who is building the new pathways? Why was it recommended?

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Hebephilia flunks Frye test

Forensic Psychologist

Under the Frye evidentiary standard , designed to bar novel scientific methods that are not sufficiently validated, a construct must be “generally accepted” by the relevant scientific community before it can be relied upon in legal proceedings. State psychologist Joel Lord had initially labeled Ralph P. The ruling in State v.