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Litigation

Nov. 9, 2016

Request for State Bar information denied in SF Superior Court

In a battle of the experts, ruling closely follows arguments presented by State Bar.

By Phil Johnson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

A law professor's request for demographic and academic information about State Bar applicants was resoundingly denied Monday in a ruling by San Francisco Superior Court Judge Mary E. Wiss.

The denial follows a five-day trial that pitted UCLA School of Law Professor Richard Sander against the State Bar. Sander sought data such as race, year of graduation, LSAT scores and law school GPA in order...

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