State Bar & Bar Associations
Mar. 31, 2020
Bar’s cut score diversity report continues the debate
The legal community in California would see a big influx of minorities if the cut score to pass the bar exam is lowered, according to a simulation released by the State Bar. But some attorneys and observers said law schools’ and students’ low performance overall is the issue, not race or the cut score, and a lower standard for attorneys would endanger the public.
The legal community in California would see a big influx of minorities if the cut score to pass the bar exam is lowered, according to a simulation released by the State Bar. But some attorneys and observers said law schools’ and students’ low performance overall is the issue, not race or the cut score, and a lower standard for attorneys would endanger the public.
The simulation measures how different subgroups would perform based on...
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