State Bar & Bar Associations
May 20, 2019
Stricter bar passage standard approved after years of debate
A controversial, stricter bar passage standard is now in effect after the American Bar Association’s legal education council approved the change Friday.
A controversial, stricter bar passage standard is now in effect after the American Bar Association’s legal education council approved the change Friday.
The revised rule, Standard 316, was voted down twice by the broader ABA policymaking body and faced three years of vocal opposition from legal education stakeholders.
To be accredited by the ABA, 75% of a law school’s graduates now have to pass the...
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