State Bar & Bar Associations
Aug. 31, 2017
State Bar staff urges consideration of lower exam passing score
The agency presented a new option to board committees due to data about the impact it could have on diversity.
State Bar Chief Operating Officer Leah Wilson said increased racial diversity in the legal profession was a reason for a staff recommendation that a lower bar exam cut score be considered.
State Bar staff produced data Wednesday they said indicated that a reduced passing score on the California bar exam would provide the most benefit to racial minorities. Staff cited that information to recommend the agency consider lowering the pass line from 144 to 139.
The introduction of a third option for policymakers to weigh comes even as nearly 80 percent of licensed attorneys in the state who responded to a bar survey opposed ...
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