February’s NY Bar exam draws record number of foreign-educated candidates
BUFFALO BUSINESS FIRST – The latest New York Bar examination attracted the largest number of foreign-educated candidates that have ever taken the test in February.
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BILLINGS GAZETTE – The Montana Supreme Court is accepting public comment through May 20 on a committee report that recommends lowering the Montana State Bar Exam passing score from 270 out of 400 to 266.
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IOWA PUBLIC RADIO – In February, only 61 percent of those who took the Iowa State Bar Examination passed.
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INDIANA LAWYER – The February overall passage rate for the Indiana Bar Exam fell to 51 percent, the lowest percentage to pass since February 2002.
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TALLAHASSEE DEMOCRAT – Fifty-eight percent of those persons taking the Florida Bar for the first time in February passed, according to the Florida Supreme Court.
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ABA JOURNAL – The mean scaled score on the February administration of the Multistate Bar Examination fell to 135, down 1.2 points from the previous year and the lowest average score on a February administration of the test since 1983.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES – The American Bar Association’s accrediting body put law schools on notice Monday that it intended to tighten a rule that sets a deadline for graduates to pass state bar exams — a near-universal requirement for becoming a practicing lawyer.
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ABA JOURNAL – The Oklahoma Supreme Court has reacted to a decline in bar pass rates with a change in bar exam scoring.
Read More about Oklahoma makes changes to bar exam scoring after declining bar passage ratesABA committee considers changes to bar-passage requirements for law schools
ABA JOURNAL – An ABA committee will take up a proposal that would toughen—and greatly simplify—the bar passage requirements of the law school accreditation standards.
Read More about ABA committee considers changes to bar-passage requirements for law schoolsABA House of Delegates supports two resolutions related to universal adoption of the Uniform Bar Exam
ABA JOURNAL – Law students seeking a more mobile practice got some encouragement from the ABA’s House of Delegates when it adopted two resolutions concerning the Uniform Bar Examination.
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