ABA House of Delegates rejects changes to the bar passage standard for law schools
ABA JOURNAL — For the second time, the ABA House of Delegates voted against a proposal to tighten a bar passage rate standard for accredited law schools. At the ABA Midyear Meeting in Las Vegas on Monday, the final vote was 88 in favor of the resolution, and 334 opposed.
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LAW.COM — The District of Columbia’s February bar exam is on track to take place as scheduled next month, after the prolonged partial government shutdown threw the test into uncertainty. The District of Columbia court system’s Committee of Admissions announced late Friday that the exam will take place Feb. 26 and 27.
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ABA JOURNAL — In the days before the ABA House of Delegates revisits a proposed standard revision to tighten bar passage requirements for accredited law schools, some say an in-depth diversity study should precede any changes made.
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USA TODAY — A yearlong USA TODAY Network investigation finds a quarter of graduates from 18 U.S. law schools don’t pass the bar exam within two years. It’s a situation that has created hardship for graduates whose careers have been delayed while they struggle to pay back student loans.
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USA TODAY — Law school is an enormous investment of time and money. Annual tuition averages $27,000 at public law schools, and more than $40,000 at private schools, according to data compiled by Law School Transparency.
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USA TODAY — Law schools where too many graduates fail the bar exam may face tougher sanctions. With tens of thousands of dollars in student debt, some law school grads are unable to pass the bar to become lawyers. Are their law schools to blame?
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WALL STREET JOURNAL — The ABA’s accreditation council is renewing a push to toughen requirements in the face of historically low passage rates for attorney-licensing exams. The proposal—to condition ABA accreditation on meeting a 75% bar-pass rate—will be back on the table this month at an ABA meeting.
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ABOVE THE LAW — To set the table, for those of you not following the California bar exam blow-by-blow in grisly detail: for the July 2018 California bar exam, just under 41 percent of all test-takers passed, the state’s worst performance since 1951, down from 55 percent just five years ago.
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INSIDE HIGHER ED — The American Bar Association’s accreditation arm plans later this month to make another push to raise the standards for bar-passage rates a law school must meet to retain its recognition.
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THE SACRAMENTO BEE — A continuing decline in California’s bar exam pass rate is prompting the state’s law school deans to call for an overhaul. They suggest the minimum passing score of 144 is too high, compared to the national average of 135, and disproportionately keeps African-American and Latino graduates from entering the profession.
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