Ashley M. London
@alondon.bsky.social
Law prof at Duquesne-Kline in Pittsburgh. Legal ethics and lawyer licensure reform are my areas of expertise. Fluent in ancient cemeteries, crumbling houses in VT, dachshunds, and candy.
Thank you, NAACA, for having me this year! I ❤️ talking about the intersection of legal ethics and tech with the amazing lawyers on the frontlines in our courts!
Not enough discussion of the performative cruelty of the bar exam mentions its racist and classist history, and it's always good to see an article that does!
Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie@audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 3w agoI wrote about the hotass mess that hundreds of recent law grads in Washington are going through for no good reason! ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...
Thank you, @joepatrice.bsky.social for your consistent critique of the NCBE. Sometimes it feels like only @aaselaw.bsky.social and @abovethelaw.com are asking state supreme courts to hold this monopoly accountable. BAR TAKERS DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS MESS. abovethelaw.com/2026/07/the-...
The California Bar Exam Was A Disaster, NCBE And Missouri: 'Hold My Beer' - Above the Law
This post is about Missouri. There are other states suffering.
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WA bar exam CANCELLED. Come on. We can do better than this, right? Right???!?
Elmo in Hell
ALT: Elmo in Hell
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Hearing the roll out of the NCBE's new NextGen bar exam isn't going so well today. This is horrible for the bar takers who have spent time and money preparing for this high-stakes exam. If only there was OVERSIGHT or ACCOUNTABILITY of the NCBE!!!
The NCBE is an unchecked gatekeeper with a monopoly on the bar exam. The legal profession should be ashamed to support it. Good luck, bar takers! Pass the bar, then abolish it. 🔥
Quinn Yeargain@yeargain.bsky.social · 3w agoReminder to everyone taking the bar: regardless of what happens, you will have sat for one (1) more bar exam than Judy Gundersen, the president of the National Conference of Bar Examiners 🥳
Why do I doubt the FL Bar will actually file disciplinary charges, though?
MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com · last mo.BREAKING: A federal judge just nullified Trump’s $1.776 billion IRS “settlement,” ruling it had “no viable basis in law or fact,” finding there was never a real legal dispute, and referring Trump’s attorney to The Florida Bar for possible discipline.
This. Enough of the gaslighting. AI isn't great, and I will not pretend that it is just to prop up the oligarchs.
notepadenby.bsky.social@notepadenby.bsky.social · last mo.Got alt text for you.
National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE) a non-profit and maker of the UBE and NextGen UBE posted $65 million in revenue. Key employees make over $200k and $400k. FY ending June 2025. Form 990. The more you know, the more you want to abolish the bar exam. projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/o...
National Conference Of Bar Examiners - Nonprofit Explorer - ProPublica
Since 2013, the IRS has released data culled from millions of nonprofit tax filings. Use this database to find organizations and see details like their executive compensation, revenue and expenses, as...
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Sure. But first state Supreme courts need to abolish the bar exam run by the NCBE, which is a far bigger antitrust issue for aspiring lawyers in this country.
Jeanne Fromer@jeannefromer.bsky.social · 2mo ago“We propose that state supreme courts amend their rules of professional conduct to impose a uniform ‘hold open’ date for offers until Oct. 1 of students’ 2L year for 2L summer positions.” @marklemley.bsky.social & I have an op-ed in Bloomberg on early recruiting news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
It’s incredible to think this was written over sixty years ago. Eerily prescient.
Just out walking my Frank n' Weens. (Lil' Frank, Mycroft and Daisy Buchanan)
Guess what? We are NOT ready. Why we continue to let the raggedy tail of the NCBE wag the dog of lawyer licensure is a scandal. www.abajournal.com/web/article/...
The NextGen UBE launches next month; are we ready?
“The academic support and bar prep community literally is operating on vibes right now,” says Marsha Griggs, associate professor at St. Louis University School
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The Knicks burned up the court last night, and today I am lighting a fire for change in lawyer licensure in PA. 🔥
This is AMAZING.
Lori Emerson@loriemerson.net · 2mo ago"The funniest possible outcome of the AI mandate era is about to be HR departments discovering that 'sincerely held religious belief' under Title VII has a much lower bar than they assumed, and Pope Leo handed every Catholic employee a written excuse" www.businessinsider.com/worker-got-r...
Hey @developers.google.com. How many times do I have to click "not interested" for you to stop shoving this down my throat with every search?
GOOD!!!!! Come on, states. This is your time to shine. Dust off the dormant commerce clause and get to work creating guardrails for AI technology.
Kolina Koltai@koltai.bsky.social · 3mo agoSorry for the delayed update, but the bill has passed! 🎉🎉🎉 It will go into effect in August. this really is the first law in the US explicitly prohibiting the technology/service of AI nudification/deepfake pornography. Would love to see this as a model nationwide www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/ne...
I have never been happier that I grade on paper and not on Canvas. (Though I would be happier if I was not, in fact, grading.)
Banbert Papers: So Many Papers!
ALT: Banbert Papers: So Many Papers!
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But gave them leave to refile. When, oh when, will someone take the NCBE to task for its monopoly on lawyer licensing? www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
Judge dismisses lawsuit alleging US law school admissions monopoly
A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit accusing the Law School Admission Council of illegally fixing prices and monopolizing the law school application process, but allowed the plaintiff to...
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