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State Bar & Bar Associations,
Letters,
Legal Education

May 14, 2020

Good lawyering is not about regurgitating knowledge

Only 26.8% of the candidates passed the February California bar exam. This is the lowest pass rate since 1951, when the bar started tracking the results. I was one of the people who took the February exam and I am not surprised by the low success rate. It is ridiculously hard to pass — for the wrong reasons.

Michiel Pestman

Prakken d'Oliveira

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Last Sunday the State Bar of California published the results of the bar exam held in February. ("State Bar February pass rate is 26.8%, lower than last," Ma11, 2020). Only 26.8% of the candidates passed the February California bar exam. This is the lowest pass rate since 1951, when the bar started tracking the results. I was one of the people who took the F...

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