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State Bar & Bar Associations

Jul. 13, 2011

State Bar to continue collecting data

During its annual planning meeting in San Diego last Friday and Saturday, the Committee of Bar Examiners tabled a proposal to stop asking aspiring lawyers for gender, race and ethnicity data.


By Amy Yarbrough


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Even with ongoing litigation seeking access to the information, the State Bar will continue collecting ethnicity data from Bar Exam test takers.


During its annual planning meeting in San Diego this past weekend, the Committee of Bar Examiners tabled a proposal to stop asking aspiring lawyers for gender, race and ethnicity data. The 19-member group, which oversees admissions to the bar, has for years ...

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