ABA JOURNAL — The Western New England University School of Law has demonstrated compliance with an ABA accreditation standard that requires a bar passage rate of at least 75% within two years, according to notice posted Monday. It was one of two law schools that was found to be out of compliance in December with the standard by the council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. For 2021, compliance with Standard 316 was based on bar passage rates for 2018 graduates. According to ABA data, Western New England’s ultimate bar passage rate for 2021 was 64.79%, compared to 75.26% for 2020, which was based on 2017 graduates.