Law Practice,
State Bar & Bar Associations
May 5, 2017
Bar passage and social justice at Whittier
Despite what some reports are saying, Whittier Law School is not closing because its students failed to satisfy the ABA's bar passage standard -- this standard was met.
There is a serious mistake in some of the reports that Whittier Law School will no longer accept a first-year class and eventually close its doors. The reports claim the law school's bar passage rate does not satisfy the American Bar Association's bar passage standard. This is wrong; the school does satisfy the ABA standard.
The mistake lies in the failure to recognize the mission of schools like Whittier and understand the reform that was achieved in 2005-08.
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