Law Practice,
Ethics/Professional Responsibility,
California Supreme Court,
State Bar & Bar Associations
Aug. 16, 2017
Bar has kept out fine lawyers for no reason
Both the passing score and the overall validity of the exam need attention.
Susan Smith Bakhshian
Director of Bar Programs
Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Email: susan.bakhshian@LLS.edu
The California bar exam is broken. Both the passing score and the overall validity of the exam need attention. It has taken years to secure a simple investigation by the State Bar despite years of low pass rates among even well respected law schools. Attorneys should support the State Bar’s efforts to investigate and ultimately lower the passing score.
The State Bar’s preliminary study (see study attached below) demonstrates that a m...
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