Opinion: The role of state law in legal education and lawyer licensing
NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL — Since July 2016, New York law has not been tested on the bar exam. As of that test administration, New York switched to the Uniform Bar Exam, which consists of multiple choice, essay, and performance questions developed by the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
Read More about Opinion: The role of state law in legal education and lawyer licensingAnalysis of July 2018 California Bar Exam results
THE RECORDER — A state bar-commissioned study concludes that California law school students’ undergraduate credentials and law school performance accounted for up to 50 percent of the decline in bar exam scores and passing rates between 2013 and 2017.
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LAW.COM — What subjects should the bar exam test? How should the test be delivered? And at what’s the best time to administer the bar? Those are a few of the questions the National Conference of Bar Examiners’ Testing Task Force is spending three years mulling over
Read More about Law.com legal education newsletter: the bar exam of the futureCalifornia Chief Justice has no plans for changing state’s bar exam cut score
THE RECORDER — Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said Tuesday the state Supreme Court has no immediate plans to reconsider the passing score on the California bar exam despite a historically low success rate on the July test.
Read More about California Chief Justice has no plans for changing state’s bar exam cut scoreIndiana Supreme Court creates commission to review state’s bar exam
INDIANA LAWYER — Amid slumping passage rates, the Indiana Supreme Court has created a special commission to review the state’s bar exam and make recommendations for changes in format or content, including whether to modify what is considered a passing score.
Read More about Indiana Supreme Court creates commission to review state’s bar examCalifornia lawmaker urges state bar to re-evaluate bar exam cut score
THE RECORDER — The chairman of the Assembly Judiciary Committee on Tuesday urged the state bar and California Supreme Court to “take a fresh look” at the viability of the bar exam in light of the historically low pass rate on the July 2018 test.
Read More about California lawmaker urges state bar to re-evaluate bar exam cut scoreCalifornia law school deans share perspectives on the state’s bar exam
LOS ANGELES TIMES — Deans from UC Hastings College of Law, University of San Diego School of Law, and UCLA School of Law share their opinion on California’s bar exam.
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THE RECORDER — The pass rate for the July 2018 California bar exam plunged to a 67-year low for the summer test, with just 40.7 percent of those seeking to practice law in the Golden State earning a successful score.
Read More about California bar exam resultsLaw school bar passage standard revisions to go back to ABA House of Delegates for vote
ABA JOURNAL — A proposal to tighten a law school accreditation standard regarding bar passage rates will be resubmitted to the House of Delegates at the 2019 ABA Midyear Meeting in Las Vegas.
Read More about Law school bar passage standard revisions to go back to ABA House of Delegates for votePass rate for 2018 Texas Bar Exam down
TEXAS LAWYER — A total of 77.87 percent of first-time takers of the Texas Bar Examination who are Texas law school graduates or students passed the July 2018 exam — a decline of more than 3 percent from a year earlier, when 80.95 percent passed the exam.
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