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Discipline

Jun. 14, 2011

State Bar Can't Withhold Data, Court Rules

The State Bar has no greater right to withhold its documents rom public access than other state agencies, an appellate court ruled Friday in a decision that may allow a UCLA law professor to research how race affects bar exam pass rates.


By Don J. DeBenedictis


Daily Journal Staff Writer


The State Bar has no greater right to withhold its documents and data from public access than other state agencies, an appellate court ruled Friday in a decision that may allow a UCLA law professor to research how race affects bar exam pass rates.


"The Bar is not a court," the 1st District Court of Appeal declared in rejecting the argument that most bar information is shielded from di...

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