Education
May 11, 2017
California law schools have enrolled students with lesser qualifications
Nine of the 21 American Bar Association-accredited schools in the state enrolled entering classes last fall with at least a quarter of the students at substantial risk of not passing the bar exam, according to a consumer advocacy group.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Whittier Law School's bar exam passage rate has plummeted as the credentials of its incoming students have fallen.
But the Costa Mesa-based institution, which announced recently it will no longer accept new students, is far from the only school in the state to have enrolled applicants with less than promising qualifications in recent years.
Nine of the 21 American Bar Association-accredited...
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