Letters
Oct. 17, 2023
The bar exam benefits test preppers and isn’t indicative of qualified attorneys
The Portfolio Bar Exam would not offer a free pass or easier path to candidates. It would instead be a more rigorous process designed to protect the people of California.
Joanna Mendoza
Joanna is a former member of the California State Bar Board of Trustees from 2013-2019, and previously acted as a Board liaison to the Committee of Bar Examiners.
The bar exam is big business. Test-takers in California spend an estimated $20 million a year on commercial bar preparation courses. They pay another $8.5 million to help defray the State Bar's costs of administering and grading the exam.
Gil Peles, who defended the bar exam in a full-page Daily Journal $95
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