Law Practice,
Education Law,
State Bar & Bar Associations
May 24, 2018
Some blame law schools, students for poor bar results
Legal education observers say that schools enrolling less-qualified students is the reason for record low performance.
Karen Goodman, a member of the state's Committee of Bar Examiners, and Kyle McEntee, executive director of advocacy group Law School Transparency, are among those who say schools admitting poor students leads to low bar results.
Soon after the State Bar announced the success rate on the February bar exam plummeted to a record-low 27.3 percent, some law school deans pointed to the stringent passing standard as a major culprit.
But other legal education observers say the schools, not the nation’s second-highest cut score, bear the bulk of the responsibility for the decline in performance.
They highlighted that law schools i...
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