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Education

Jan. 12, 2011

State Bar Passage Rates Drop

Some California law schools saw improved bar passage rates of graduates, but the overall rate was down.


By Sara Randazzo


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Graduates of California law schools had a tougher time on the July 2010 bar exam than their counterparts the year prior, with 15 of the state's 20 American Bar Association-accredited schools seeing lower bar passage rates.


The overall passage rate of the state's ABA-accredited schools was 67.7 percent in July, down from 70.4 percent in July 2009, according to data released Friday by the State...

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