Texas task force recommends adoption of Uniform Bar Exam in state
TEXAS LAWYER — Texas law graduates would no longer face the Texas bar exam, and instead take a test with fewer essay questions that could qualify them for a law license in 29 states, if the Texas Supreme Court accepts a recommendation from one of its task forces.
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PHILLY VOICE — Four Philadelphia-area universities surpassed the national average (69 percent) of 2017 graduates employed in full-time jobs that require passing the bar exam, including the law schools at the University of Pennsylvania, Temple University, Villanova University, and Drexel University.
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LAW.COM — Can a new online learning program reach minority undergraduates interested in law school? Plus, Karen Sloan examines how Florida International University manages to dominate the Sunshine State’s bar exam.
Read More about Weekly legal education report from National Law Journal’s Karen SloanNew York law school graduates perform better on the state bar exam than graduates from other areas
NEW YORK LAW JOURNAL — Seventy percent of the graduates of New York law schools who took the bar examination for the first time in February passed, the state Board of Law Examiners announced today.
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LAW.COM — Eighty-five percent of Florida International University’s first-time test takers sitting the bar exam in February passed. When it comes to earning the top spot for performance on the Florida Bar exam, the secret’s in the hands-on training.
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TENNESSEE STATE COURTS — The Tennessee Supreme Court has adopted the Uniform Bar Exam (UBE) as the key testing component for bar admission for aspiring Tennessee attorneys. The UBE is a nationwide test that has been adopted in 31 jurisdictions and allows test takers to transfer scores between states.
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TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT — First-time Florida State University (FSU) law school graduates posted a nearly 20-percent higher passage rate on bar exams in February compared to last year. The gains in the passing rate placed FSU second among State University System schools, according to results released by the Florida Supreme Court.
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ABA JOURNAL — Compared to last year, there were 5 percent fewer test-takers for the February 2018 multistate bar exam, and the average score decreased from last year’s 134.1 to 132.8, according to information released Wednesday by the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
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JOURNAL OF BLACKS IN HIGHER EDUCATION — The nation’s historically Black universities were below the national average on state bar examinations but more than 80 percent of all 2015 law school graduates of both North Carolina Central University and Texas Southern University passed the bar within two years.
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THE INDIANA LAWYER — Calling it a “comprehensive report,” the American Bar Association released a series of spreadsheets Thursday which presented the ultimate two-year bar passage rate for 2015 graduates as well as the bar passage rates for first-time takers in 2016 and 2017 from each accredited law school.
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