the writing quality of bar exam essays

Well, you know something's up when the Illinois Board of Admissions to the Bar e-mails all of the people preparing to take the July bar exam to tell them:

"Quality of writing counts.  Answers written in a form other than paragraphed essay form will not receive full credit.  Excessive use of abbreviations, such as symbols, acronyms and text-talk may result in a score reduction."

You can read the full message here.

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