State Bar & Bar Associations
Mar. 2, 2020
What will the California Attorney Practice Analysis group recommend?
The ACLU of California, Impact Fund and California ChangeLawyers in a chapter and verse letter dated Sept. 23, 2019, sent to the California Supreme Court, aver that the California bar exam cut score has a “deeply troubling” disparate racial impact that decreases diversity in the State’s legal community and is inexplicably high.
Joseph Robert Giannini
Director
Lawyers United Inc.
Email: j.r.giannini@verizon.net
Joseph is a member of the American Bar Association's Litigation Section and Legal Education and Admissions. He spearheaded legislation in California that was enacted into law in 2000 calling for full reciprocal admission for experienced sister-state attorneys, that was subsequently, diluted to provide only second-class limited bar admission privileges for corporate counsel and attorneys working for qualified pro bono organizations with the promise the issue would be re-visited in a few years.
The ACLU of California, Impact Fund and California ChangeLawyers in a chapter and verse letter dated Sept. 23, 2019, sent to the California Supreme Court, aver that the California bar exam cut score has a "deeply troubling" disparate racial impact that decreases diversity in the State's legal community and is inexplicably high. California Government Code Section 12944 prohibits licensing tests with disparate impact. These public interest groups further question whethe...
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