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Nov. 21, 2017

Passing rate on bar exam rises with first two-day test

The improved performance came one year after a 32-year low.

Nearly half of the aspiring California lawyers who took the July bar exam passed, the best performance on the summer test in four years.

The improved success rate came on the first two-day, rather than three-day, test and one year after the overall passage rate was 43 percent, a 32-year low.

The State Bar’s Friday evening announcement of this year’s 49.6 percent success rate follows the state Suprem...

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