California State Bar endorses initiative to develop bar exam exclusive to California
REUTERS — JDJOURNAL — In a significant move that could reshape the legal landscape, California is considering the development of its own bar exam, replacing the national lawyer licensing test that has been in use for years. The Board of Trustees of the State Bar of California recently endorsed a plan to create an independent…
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COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE — A group of four disabled California law school graduates appealed to the U.S. Justice Department to step in and force the State Bar of California to provide them with appropriate accommodations when taking the bar exam. In a complaint filed with the Justice Department on Thursday, the four grads accused the state bar…
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MARINO LEGAL ACADEMY — For New York bar exam test takers waiting to receive their results, the situation became even more stressful than usual when an apparent glitch caused them to have to wait hours after they were told that their results were in. The February 2023 New York Bar Exam results were supposed to…
Read More about NY Bar Exam Release Glitch Causes Sleepless Night for Test TakersABA releases report on bar passage rates by race, ethnicity, and gender
ABA — The Managing Director’s Office of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar released today a new set of bar pass data for American Bar Association-approved law schools that provides national “ultimate” and first-time percentage pass rates based on race, ethnicity and gender.
Read More about ABA releases report on bar passage rates by race, ethnicity, and genderA look at first-time bar pass rates by race
ABA JOURNAL — According to information released Tuesday by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar, Black candidates continue to have the lowest first-time test-taker pass rate, which was 57% in 2022, compared with 61% in 2021. Out of 33,721 first-time bar examinees in 2022, 2,510 candidates were Black, according to ABA data,…
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REUTERS — Scores on the February bar exam have fallen for the second straight year, examinations officials said Friday, placing some of the blame on the COVID-19 pandemic’s U.S. law school disruptions. The national average score on the Multistate Bar Exam — the 200 question multiple-choice portion of the attorney licensing test — was 131.1,…
Read More about Scores on the February bar exam fall for the second year in a rowFebruary 2023 MBE bar scores fall to all-time record low in test history
(Excess of Democracy) by Derek T. Muller — Professor Muller (University of Iowa Law) discusses the decline in scores for test-takers of the February 2023 Multistate Bar Exam.
Read More about February 2023 MBE bar scores fall to all-time record low in test historyConcord Law School at Purdue University Global seeks bar exam eligibility for their online school
REUTERS — Indiana could become the second state to allow graduates of online law schools to take the bar exam.Concord Law School at Purdue University Global, which became the first online law school in the United States when it launched in 1998, is seeking a rule change from the Indiana Supreme Court that would enable its…
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BAR EXAM TOOL BOX — Welcome back to the Bar Exam Toolbox podcast! In this episode of our “Quick Tips” series, we’re outlining a strategy for bouncing back after failing the bar exam. We discuss how to identify and strengthen your weaker areas and set yourself up for success next time around.
Read More about Podcast: Advice for students retaking the bar examStudy finds artificial intelligence platform ChatGPT can pass bar exam
REUTERS — Artificial intelligence can now outperform most law school graduates on the bar exam, the grueling two-day test aspiring attorneys must pass to practice law in the United States, according to a new study released Wednesday. GPT-4, the upgraded AI model released this week by Microsoft-backed OpenAI, scored 297 on the bar exam in an experiment conducted…
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