The Iowa State Bar Association "Blue Ribbon Committee on Legal Education & Licensure" has submitted recommendations to the Iowa Supreme Court regarding Iowa's bar admission process. The ISBA committee recommends that Iowa adopt a "diploma privilege" whereby graduates of the two in-state law schools, Drake University School of Law and the University of Iowa College of Law, would no longer have to pass a bar examination to become licensed to practice law in Iowa.
The court seeks public comment on the diploma privilege recommendation. The comment period runs from May 13, 2014, to July 14, 2014. The process for submitting comments to the court is set forth in the court order identified below. The court has also scheduled a public hearing on the diploma privilege recommendation to be held August 27, 2014, in the Iowa Supreme Court courtroom.
Also provided below are links to the ISBA recommendations and to a court staff report providing additional information on the diploma privilege.
Order Setting Schedule for Public Hearing
Order requesting public comment
ISBA recommendations on diploma privilege
Staff report on diploma privilege
Public Comments
