Law Practice,
State Bar & Bar Associations
Dec. 10, 2014
Drop the MBE. I repeat, drop the MBE
The July California bar exam results are not good: Only 48 percent of first-time takers passed, the lowest rate in 10 years. But we're not alone. Might the Multistate Bar Exam be to blame?
Ira L. Shafiroff
Professor
Southwestern Law School
Email: ishafiroff@swlaw.edu
Ira is the author of "First-Year Law School Success: the Ultimate and Essential Guide for Every 1L" (4th ed. 613 House) (2018). The views expressed in Mr. Shafiroff's columns are his own.
The July California bar exam results are not good: For first-time takers, at the state-wide level, only 48 percent passed. This is the lowest bar passage rate in 10 years. The problem, however, is not unique to California. Many other states have also seen a decline in their passage rates. The National Commission of Bar Examiners (NCBE), the entity that creates and owns the Multistate Bar Exam (MBE), an integral part of virtually every state's bar exam, flatly denies there are any problem...
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