State Bar & Bar Associations,
Education Law
Jan. 29, 2019
ABA house rejects raising bar passage standard
The American Bar Association’s policy-making body rejected a proposal to raise bar passage standards, though the legal education council will likely move forward with the change.
LAS VEGAS — The American Bar Association’s policymaking body overwhelmingly declined Monday to tighten bar passage requirements for law schools, but the change will likely proceed anyway.
Following about an hour of debate, the House of Delegates voted down the proposal 334-88, the second time the house has rejected the proposal.
Now the ABA’s legal education council, which proposed the revision, can...
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