At its May 9 meeting, the State Bar Board of Trustees recommended non-scoring remedies for February 2025 Bar Exam applicants, including expanding the Provisional Licensure Program (PLP) to exam takers who were unsuccessful or withdrew. 

(Subscription required) Citing the exam's notorious meltdown, the bar's board of trustees want to explore other ideas, too, for helping test-takers.

CalBike joined an amicus brief in a court case that could have let cities off the hook if injured bike riders had signed a third-party waiver. Thankfully, the California Supreme Court struck that down. However, the Los Angeles City Attorney is lobbying for a state law to cap awards and limit liability for cities that fail to maintain their streets everywhere in California.

There is tremendous uncertainty about how AI will evolve and how it will affect the economy, as well as society more broadly. Amid this uncertainty, a scenario-based approach can give us a framework for thinking about the potential effects of AI on employment, real wages, and productivity, as well as for considering the possible role that government could play in influencing this transition.