Legal education professionals debate whether law schools with low bar pass rates are at risk of closure
BLOOMBERG LAW – The disconnect between a school’s low bar passage rate, relative to other schools in the country, and its ability to draw applicants raises a question that’s been looming for legal education regulators.
Read More about Legal education professionals debate whether law schools with low bar pass rates are at risk of closureOpinion: February bar exam results in Indiana may be ‘new normal’
INDIANA LAWYER – The February 2017 bar exam results brought a fresh round of disappointment to the Indiana legal community and a renewed conversation about why the scores keep dropping.
Read More about Opinion: February bar exam results in Indiana may be ‘new normal’Wrongfully convicted man and Touro Law graduate passes New York bar exam
ABA JOURNAL – Martin Tankleff, who was arrested at age 17 and would spend 17 years in prison for a wrongful conviction in the murders of his parents, has passed the New York state bar exam.
Read More about Wrongfully convicted man and Touro Law graduate passes New York bar examWisconsin Bar welcomes new lawyers from diverse backgrounds
STATE BAR OF WISCONSIN – They are the 39 new Wisconsin lawyers who took the oath April 18 in Madison after passing the Wisconsin Bar Exam in February.
Read More about Wisconsin Bar welcomes new lawyers from diverse backgroundsUSF Law revamps JD curriculum to better prepare students for bar exam
UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL OF LAW – The USF School of Law is implementing significant changes to the JD curriculum to better prepare students to pass the bar examination and hit the ground running as lawyers.
Read More about USF Law revamps JD curriculum to better prepare students for bar examPresident of the National Conference of Bar Examiners comments on February 2017 bar pass rates
ABA JOURNAL – Moeser attributed the February drop in MBE scores partly to differences in law school admission patterns.
Read More about President of the National Conference of Bar Examiners comments on February 2017 bar pass ratesIncoming Missouri Law Dean Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky discusses priorities in role
MISSOURIAN – After spending more than 20 years at the University of Florida, Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky is bringing her experience to Columbia.
Read More about Incoming Missouri Law Dean Lyrissa Barnett Lidsky discusses priorities in roleOklahoma Supreme Court allows law school graduate with no undergraduate education to take bar exam
ABA JOURNAL – Caleb Alexander Harlin never attended college, but he has two law degrees and one law license.
Read More about Oklahoma Supreme Court allows law school graduate with no undergraduate education to take bar examUC Hastings Law Dean David L. Faigman raises concerns over California bar exam cut score
LOS ANGELES TIMES – “Given the stakes for the individual law graduate … one would think the state bar, which administers the test, would have sound reasons for how it sets the line [between] passing and failing.”
Read More about UC Hastings Law Dean David L. Faigman raises concerns over California bar exam cut scoreArizona Summit Law tests Legal Residency Program with financial stipend to better prepare students for bar exam
ABA JOURNAL – It’s not uncommon for a law school to suggest that a student postpone a bar exam, if there’s a sense that he or she is not ready, legal academics say, but paying a stipend for it is novel.
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