State Bar & Bar Associations
Dec. 15, 2016
California grads are not less qualified
In fact, on the multi-state portion of the exam, California test takers - even including the roughly 7 percent of exam-takers from non-ABA accredited schools - had a mean score several points above the national average. By Jennifer L. Mnookin
Jennifer L. Mnookin
The California bar exam is especially difficult. The pass rate is always one of the lowest in the nation, and in July only 62 percent of graduates of ABA-accredited schools taking it for the first time succeeded. In addition, the test is three grueling days (though this will go down to two next July) and the results do not arrive until nearly Thanksgiving, leaving many recent California law graduates in extended employment l...
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