California law school deans share perspectives on the state’s bar exam
LOS ANGELES TIMES — Deans from UC Hastings College of Law, University of San Diego School of Law, and UCLA School of Law share their opinion on California’s bar exam.
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THE RECORDER — The pass rate for the July 2018 California bar exam plunged to a 67-year low for the summer test, with just 40.7 percent of those seeking to practice law in the Golden State earning a successful score.
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ABA JOURNAL — A proposal to tighten a law school accreditation standard regarding bar passage rates will be resubmitted to the House of Delegates at the 2019 ABA Midyear Meeting in Las Vegas.
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TEXAS LAWYER — A total of 77.87 percent of first-time takers of the Texas Bar Examination who are Texas law school graduates or students passed the July 2018 exam — a decline of more than 3 percent from a year earlier, when 80.95 percent passed the exam.
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DAILY REPORT — After an upward climb last year, the pass rate for the Georgia Bar Exam has dropped, according to results for the July 2018 exam released Friday by the state Office of Bar Admissions.
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ABA JOURNAL — Out of 9,679 people who sat for the July 2018 New York state bar exam, 63 percent passed. Results were released Tuesday, according to a press release. Above the Law reports that the July 2018 New York state bar had the lowest number of test takers since July 2004.
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UTAH BUSINESS — For a fourth consecutive year the number of graduates from the University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law who have passed the Utah Bar Exam has risen. Ninety percent of S.J. Quinney College of Law students who took the bar exam passed on their first try.
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ARGUS LEADER — Newly released tests scores show University of South Dakota Law, the only law school in the state, has dramatically increased its bar passage rate.
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FIU NEWS — FIU College of Law graduates have earned the highest bar passage rate of any of Florida’s 11 law schools on the July 2018 Florida Bar Exam.
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ABA JOURNAL — The national average for the July 2018 Multistate Bar Examination slumped to 139.5—its lowest level in 34 years. Figures released Friday show the average score was a decrease of about 2.2 points from the July 2017 average, the National Conference of Bar Examiners reports.
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