Advice for law school students on overcoming failure
ABOVE THE LAW — The students are angry because they are required to take a class they don’t believe they need and don’t think will help them. But on a deeper level, I believe they are upset with themselves and their perceived failure and I am the physical representation of all those things. It is…
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BUFFALO BUSINESS FIRST — The passage rate for prospective attorneys who took the New York State Bar Examination this past summer saw a three-percentage-point increase from 2018.
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UMASS DARTHMOUTH — According to the latest bar exam results released today by Massachusetts Board of Bar Examiners, the UMass Dartmouth-based UMass School of Law outscored the statewide average for the second year in a row, just three years after receiving full American Bar Association accreditation. On the July 2019 Massachusetts Bar Exam, UMass Law’s pass rate…
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PITTSBURGH BUSINESS TIMES — Graduates of both Pittsburgh-based law schools who took the Pennsylvania bar examination in July did their alma maters proud. Passage percentages for first-time takers of the text topped the commonwealth’s average. The University of Pittsburgh reported that its first-time pass rate was 91.36 percent in July 2019, highest in the commonwealth. In…
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THE POST AND COURIER — After most Charleston School of Law graduates failed the July South Carolina bar exam for two consecutive years, results from this year show the school’s attempts to improve its pass rate have paid off, according to Dean Andy Abrams. Sixty-eight of the 133 students who took the July exam passed, or around…
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BAR EXAM TOOLBOX — If you’re just beginning your first or second year of law school, the last thing you’re probably worried about is the bar exam. While you shouldn’t focus too much energy specifically on doing bar prep during law school, there are a few things you can focus on along the way that will…
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ABOVE THE LAW — As has been reported in a number of venues, bar-passage rates in many states are looking better this fall than last fall. Although large jurisdictions like California, New York, and Texas have yet to report their results, an aggregate national improvement in passage rates this year is likely given that we already…
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U.S. NEWS — Prospective law school students should be aware of the tighter standard focused on bar exam passage rates.
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TAMPA BAY BUSINESS JOURNAL — The Florida Board of Bar Examiners released the July 2019 results for the general bar examination, which includes pass rates for Florida’s law schools. Of the 2,066 individuals who took the exam, 73.9 percent, or 1,526, passed, according to the release. That number is up from last July’s exam in…
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ABA JOURNAL — The average score on the July multistate bar exam has increased 1.6 points, the largest year-over-year July increase since 2008, according to the National Conference of Bar Examiners.
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