State Bar & Bar Associations,
Legal Education
Oct. 15, 2020
Major study questions connection between bar exam cut score and public protection
Ground-breaking research, published this week, reports that the high minimum passing score (“cut score”) on the California bar exam does not result in greater public protection but does result in racially and ethnically disparate pass rates on the California bar exam.
Mitchel L. Winick
President and Dean
Monterey College of Law
Mitchel is president and dean of a non-profit California accredited law school system that includes Monterey College of Law, San Luis Obispo College of Law, and Kern County College of Law. He was one of eight deans invited by the California Supreme Court to an informal meeting in October 2019 to discuss concerns about the California bar exam. He is former chair of the Committee of Bar Examiners Rules Advisory Committee and a former member of the Law School Council representing the California Accredited Law Schools.
Ground-breaking research, published this week, reports that the high minimum passing score ("cut score") on the California bar exam does not result in greater public protection but does result in racially and ethnically disparate pass rates on the California bar exam. The study was the seventh submitted to the California Supreme Court related to the validity, content and scoring of the bar exam since its February 2017 request for a "thorough and expedited study of the...
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