Law Practice
Dec. 15, 2016
Time to adopt the Uniform Bar Exam
It is time for California to end the carnage and waste by adopting the Uniform Bar Exam and setting a pass score that is not punitive or protectionist but a fair and reasonable test of minimum competency. By Stephen C. Ferruolo
The low bar passage rate for first-time takers from ABA-accredited law schools on the July 2016 bar exam in California was shocking. It cannot be explained, as some at the State Bar have suggested, as a matter of the historical volatility of bar passage rates. After years of fairly consistent bar passage rates in the 75-78 percent range, the rate fell to 69 percent in 2014, 68 percent in 2015 and 62 percent this year. It is ...
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