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Education

Aug. 28, 2012

Deans of California accredited law schools resist proposed bar exam pass rate rule

California-accredited law schools are fighting a proposal to require them to maintain a 50-percent rolling pass rate for their students on the bar exam.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Deans of California-accredited law schools are fighting a State Bar proposal to require them to maintain a 50 percent rolling pass rate for their students on the bar exam.


In two written responses and in comments to the bar's Committee of Bar Examiners during a public hearing Thursday, several deans said the 50 percent standard would be too rigorous and would turn their schools into four-ye...

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