New York Bar Exam sees rise in bar pass rates for July 2024 exam
REUTERS — New York has joined the growing number of states posting a higher pass rate on the July 2024 bar exam, with 69% of examinees passing its attorney licensing exam.
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REUTERS — The California Supreme Court on Tuesday approved a controversial plan by the state bar to switch to a new lawyer licensing exam that will be delivered both remotely and in-person at test centers starting in February.
Read More about California Supreme Court approves proposal to create new bar examCalifornia State Bar approves proposal to give bar exam test takers score incentive for testing new exam
CALIFORNIA COURTS NEWSROOM — The California Supreme Court on Tuesday approved a State Bar of California proposal to provide bar applicants an incentive for a study being held on Nov. 8 and Nov. 9 that will pretest experimental multiple-choice exam questions developed by Kaplan, Inc. Participants in those studies may increase their chances of passing a future…
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BLOOMBERG LAW — Out-of-state applicants will be able to take the California bar exam remotely and at test centers in other states, according to a proposal the state bar approved Friday.
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LAW.COM — The overall pass rate for the July 2024 Texas Bar Exam was 74.5%, reflecting an improvement over the 71% pass rate for the July 2023 exam and the 48.2% pass rate for the February 2024 exam.
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BAR EXAM TOOLBOX — Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a California bar exam grader? Today we have Jennifer Barry — a member of the Bar Exam Toolbox team and a former California bar grader — to shed some light on the bar exam evaluation process and what graders are looking for…
Read More about Podcast: How the California Bar Exam is gradedGift to Quinnipiac Law to sponsor bar exam preparation course for all students
QUINNIPIAC — Silver’s significant contribution meets Quinnipiac’s third-year law students at a critical moment by gifting each with a Helix Bar Review by AccessLex and the 3L Pre-Bar course.
Read More about Gift to Quinnipiac Law to sponsor bar exam preparation course for all studentsCalifornia Supreme Court approves state’s plan to develop its own bar exam
BLOOMBERG LAW — California Supreme Court justices outlined a vision for the future of the state’s bar exam on Thursday that includes the possibility of allowing applicants to retake only parts of the test they failed, without having to sit again for an entire exam.
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UMKC TODAY — The pass rate of UMKC School of Law students who took the Missouri bar exam for the first time in July 2024 was 90.6%, more than 5% higher than the pass rate of all Missouri first-time test takers. UMKC Law students had the highest pass rate of all public universities in Missouri…
Read More about UMKC Law attributes high bar passage rate to free bar exam preparation resourcesLaw deans in California express concern to California Supreme Court over new bar exam plans
ABA JOURNAL — Fifteen deans from ABA-accredited law schools have signed a letter to the California Supreme Court stating that they have “grave concerns” about Kaplan Exam Services’ ability to develop a multiple-choice bar exam “in a responsible manner” in time for the February 2025 administration of the newfangled exam.
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