State Bar & Bar Associations
May 6, 2025
Bar exam pass rate hits 60-year high amid troubled testing
California's February bar exam pass rate soared to 55.9%, the highest since 1965, despite technical problems. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court ordered a return to the Multistate Bar Examination, prompting mixed reactions.
The California State Bar announced on Monday the pass rate for the troubled February bar exam was the highest in 60 years. The news came three days after the California Supreme Court ordered scoring adjustments because of a plethora of technical and other problems with the new California-only exam.
In its order on Friday, the court also directed the bar to return to using the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) in July. Critics of the State Bar welcomed the news. But one outspoken l...
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