State Bar & Bar Associations
May 24, 2019
Bar cut score fails diversity
The California Supreme Court failed to take action for the fourth time since it was provided State Bar statistical data reflecting that the continued use of an outdated and unvalidated 1440 minimum passing score on the California bar exam is unfair to all California bar examinees and additionally has a potentially unconstitutional adverse impact on minority examinees.
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 Supreme Court failed to take action for the fourth time since it was provided State Bar statistical data reflecting that the continued use of an outdated and unvalidated 1440 minimum passing score on the California bar exam is unfair to all California bar examinees and additionally has a potentially unconstitutional adverse impact on minority examinees.
The recently reported results from the February 2019 bar exam ind...
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