State Bar & Bar Associations
Apr. 30, 2016
Policy decisions are better when informed by data
Most people agree that it is good to inform policy decisions with empirical data. Then again, the California State Bar is not most people. By Randal John Meyer
Most people agree that it is good to inform policy decisions with empirical data. Then again, the California State Bar is not most people.
Without data, the public cannot tell if a policy is succeeding or if it is failing - or more importantly, if it is making things worse. Since 2008, UCLA Law School Professor Richard Sander has been locked in a court battle trying to obtain data from the bar on test-takers' performanc...
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