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May 14, 2020
... or perhaps the bar exam system is broken
“The simplest solution is most likely the right one.” This is the most common paraphrased version of English Franciscan friar William of Ockham’s Latin philosophy of “lex parsimoniae.”
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 simplest solution is most likely the right one." This is the most common paraphrased version of English Franciscan friar William of Ockham's Latin philosophy of "lex parsimoniae."
According to the State Bar of California, only 26.8% of California bar examinees from the February 2020 California bar exam have the "minimum qualifications for the first year practice of law." ("$95
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