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Washington implementation of multiple licensure pathways advances; justices press reciprocity and equity questions
Summary
WSBA implementation leaders said the state is on track for a 2027 launch of multiple pathways to bar licensure, detailing nine core competencies and proposed portfolio/supervised-practice requirements while justices raised concerns about reciprocity, the NextGen exam and disparate impacts on examinees of color and those with disabilities.
WSBA leaders told the court the state is progressing on implementation of multiple pathways to bar licensure, with an implementation target in 2027 and a push to validate nine core competencies across pathways.
“ We are on track to implement this by 2027,” Governor Jordan Couch told the court, describing a model that would require portfolio submissions showing client interviews, a negotiation exercise, research demonstrations, professional-responsibility evidence and either MPRE passage or written responses. Couch said the implementation group is also…
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