Law Practice
Jun. 22, 2007
ABA Backs Off Tougher Standard for Schools' Bar Exam Success
The American Bar Association has backed down from its widely criticized plan to require more students pass the bar exam before law schools can receive ABA accreditation. California schools would have been especially hard hit.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SANTA ANA - In the face of widespread criticism, the American Bar Association has backed down from a proposal that might have required law schools to maintain an overall 70 percent pass rate on bar exams to keep their ABA accreditation.
That proposal could have doomed many law schools in California, where the overall bar pass rate s...
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