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Washington plans unified supervised-practice pathway; court and bar weigh reciprocity and exam rollout
Summary
WSBA implementation leaders told the Supreme Court the state is on track for 2027 licensure reform, proposing nine core competencies and a possible single supervised-practice requirement (825 hours). Justices and staff raised reciprocity and NextGen bar-exam concerns for portability to other states.
The Washington State Bar Association's implementation team told the Supreme Court it remains on track to implement multiple pathways to licensure by 2027 and is developing a portfolio- and supervised-practice model intended to verify nine core competencies across all pathways.
"We are on track to implement this by 2027," said Jordan Couch, the governor leading the implementation work, who described nine competencies that must be demonstrated (legal-process knowledge; issue identification; research; applying authority to facts; professional responsibility; client communication; and effective client interaction,…
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