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State Bar & Bar Associations

Nov. 25, 2009

Bar Passage Falls From 2008 High

Bar officials said 56.4 percent of applicants who took the July test passed it, a dip from the July 2008 test when a stunning 61.7 percent passed.

By Amy Yarbrough

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Sara Granda was so nervous taking the California Bar Exam in July, she didn't sleep for three nights and threw up during the test.

Now, she and 4,887 other would-be lawyers are finally breathing sighs of relief, after learning last week that they had passed the grueling exam.

Granda almost didn't get to take the test because of an administrative...

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