Letters,
State Bar & Bar Associations
Oct. 4, 2017
How about a qualified license to practice law?
Applicants scoring at a specified intermediate level should receive a qualified law license to represent underserved clients.
Mitchell Keiter
Keiter Appellate Law
424 S Beverly Dr
Beverly Hills , CA 90212-4402
Phone: (310) 553-8533
Fax: (310) 203-9853
Email: Mitchell.Keiter@gmail.com
UCLA Law School
Mitchell is a certified appellate specialist. He taught many outstanding students while a professor at Western State University College of Law.
Some proponents of lowering the minimum score needed for bar passage have emphasized two reported correlations: racial minorities disproportionately score just below the current cutoff and these minorities disproportionately represent underserved communities — which thus would enjoy more legal aid if the State Bar lowered the minimum. But if the goal is to expand legal assistance to underserved communities, why rely indirectly on race-based proxies and inferences when...
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