VIEWPOINT: The facts about South Dakota’s Bar Exam

Guest op-ed by Neil Fulton

For more than a quarter century, I have been engaged with South Dakota’s Bar Examination in various ways. I first sat in a roomful of nervous recent graduates in Pierre, taking the exam in 1997. Later, I graded examinations and assessed applicants for character and fitness as a member of the South Dakota Board of Bar Examiners. As the dean of South Dako…