California Supreme Court,
State Bar & Bar Associations
Sep. 15, 2017
Pass score should be a valid minimum standard
The California Accredited Law Schools have filed a letter brief with the California Supreme Court supporting lowering the minimum passing score for the California bar exam from 1440 to 1390.
Mitchel L. Winick
President and Dean
Monterey College of Law
Mitchel is president and dean of a non-profit California accredited law school system that includes Monterey College of Law, San Luis Obispo College of Law, and Kern County College of Law. He was one of eight deans invited by the California Supreme Court to an informal meeting in October 2019 to discuss concerns about the California bar exam. He is former chair of the Committee of Bar Examiners Rules Advisory Committee and a former member of the Law School Council representing the California Accredited Law Schools.
The California Accredited Law Schools have filed a letter brief with the California Supreme Court supporting lowering the minimum passing score for the California bar exam from 1440 to 1390. The brief encourages the California Supreme Court to consider that 56 California law school deans and the State Bar Board of Trustees have aligned around a position supporting lowering the minimum passing score to 1390 from 1440.
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