State Bar & Bar Associations
Nov. 12, 2019
ACLU joins push for lower bar exam passing standard
The American Civil Liberties Union of California has joined the renewed efforts to convince the state Supreme Court to lower the passing score on the bar exam.
The American Civil Liberties Union of California has joined the renewed efforts to convince the state Supreme Court to lower the passing score on the bar exam.
In a previously unreported letter sent to the court earlier this fall, the ACLU and two other legal organizations argued the cut score on the state’s licensing test is “arbitrarily high” and “disproportionately excludes applicants of color from the practice of law.”
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