Texas Bar Exam passage rates rise for July 2023 exam
LAW 360 — Texas bar examinees hit a nearly 71% passing rate on the July exam, marking the highest rate for a July test since the state began using the Uniform Bar Exam in 2021, according to a recent statistical report
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LAW 360 — According to a news release, the pass rate was 69.8% for July 2023, up from 65.2% in July 2022 and the highest pass rate since July 2014’s 73.7%. Of the 1,049 July 2023 applicants examined by the board, 732 passed the exam by getting a score of at least 270.
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LAW.COM — Nearly 1,400 aspiring attorneys sat for the July 2023 exam, with 71.38%hitting or surpassing the minimum passing score of 272 compared with July 2022’s passage rate of 67.65%, according to data published by the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners.
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LAW.COM — As a result of the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 29 ruling invalidating affirmative action efforts in higher education, many law schools are no longer accepting “diversity statements” from prospective law students—and some schools are reticent to discuss these policy changes.
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REUTERS — Washington State has become the latest jurisdiction to consider allowing law graduates to practice without taking the bar exam.
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UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW — Kevin R. Johnson will step down as dean of UC Davis Law in July 2024 after an extraordinary three terms and 16 total years of service.
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SOUTH TEXAS COLLEGE OF LAW HOUSTON — Century-old South Texas College of Law Houston’s 11th President and Dean Michael F. Barry has announced he will not seek reappointment to his leadership role when his term ends next summer.
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ABA JOURNAL — Winston & Strawn has rescinded a New York University School of Law student’s job offer after learning about anti-Israel comments that the student made in an online newsletter Monday.
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THE NATIONAL JURIST — Five stand-alone law schools settled claims with the U.S. Department of Education, after they were accused of disbursing federal student aid to students enrolled in unaccredited Master of Laws (LL.M.) programs.
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LAW SCHOOL TOOLBOX — In this episode from our “Listen and Learn” series, we go through an attack plan for how you might approach a Miranda issue on an exam question, and look at specific rules you’ll want to address in your answer.
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