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Education

Mar. 3, 2017

Chief justice orders study of passing score on bar exam

Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye tells the State Bar it would be prudent to study whether the second highest passing score in the nation is appropriate.

By Lyle Moran
Daily Journal Staff Writer

California Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye has directed the State Bar to conduct a "thorough and expedited" study of whether the score required to pass the bar exam is appropriate.

Cantil-Sakauye conveyed the directive in a Tuesday letter to two top bar officials. Her communication was prompted by a Feb. 1 letter from California law school deans asking the state Supreme Court to order the ba...

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