Around this time you may find a would-be Bar exam taker decide not to take the three-day, seventeen-subject marathon that is the California Bar Exam that begins today. It is, however, rare to find someone petitioning the state supreme court for the chance to sit for the exam—and being backed by the state governor.
Sara Granda graduated from UC Davis School of Law in 2009. Being awarded a coveted Juris Doctor degree from one of the country’s top fifty law schools is made more meaningful by the fact that Granda is paralyzed from the neck down following a car accident she was in over a decade ago. Her California Bar exam snafu occurred when the the State Bar failed to to process her application after the California’s Department of Rehabilitation sent a $600 check to cover her exam fees. It turns out the State Bar website requires payment be made by credit card rather than check.
It is key to note that Granda double-checked with the State Bar and received a thumbs up that her registration was valid during the application process.
The State Bar has been ’taking the Fifth’ in responding to the public appeals to allow Granda to take the exam. However, it did file a request with the state supreme court on Monday seeking guidance.
For Sara Granda, the next stop was also the California Supreme Court, where she filed an emergency petition just one day before the exam’s start.
Related Resources:
- State Bar seeks guidance
- on exam for paralyzed law school grad (The Sacramento Bee)
- Schwarzenegger:
- Overlook glitch, let paralyzed grad take bar exam (CNN)
- Paralyzed
- student told she can’t take California bar exam because she paid by check
- (MercuryNews.com)
- Sara Granda – smart,
- spirited and disabled – gets her UCD law degree (The Sacramento Bee)
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