State Bar & Bar Associations
Jan. 2, 2019
Weaker student credentials account for less than half of bar passage decline, study says
Bar applicants’ undergraduate GPAs and LSAT scores have declined in the last five years, but these changes only account for 33 percent of the concurrent decline in bar exam pass rates, according to a State Bar study released Friday.
Bar applicants’ undergraduate GPAs and LSAT scores have declined in the last five years, but these changes only account for 33 percent of the concurrent decline in bar exam pass rates, according to a State Bar study. From 2013 to 2018, June bar passage fell by 16 percentage points to 40.7 percent.
“To the extent that there was a narrative going on around the country that the primary reason for the decline in bar passage ... was that ...
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