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State Bar & Bar Associations

Jul. 29, 2016

ABA bar exam rule proposal draws critics

Some California legal education experts are critical of an American Bar Association proposal that would require 75 percent of a law school's bar exam takers to pass within two years in order for the institution to maintain its accreditation.

By Lyle Moran
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Some California legal education experts are critical of an American Bar Association proposal that would require 75 percent of a law school's bar exam takers to pass within two years in order for the institution to maintain its accreditation.

Local opponents argue that the revised standard would be unfair to law schools because they have no control over when or whether students retake the bar exam...

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