Graduating from law school isn’t that hard when you’re a government-designated victim based solely on your race.
Bingo. I remember back in the 80s when all High School “valedictorians” were “single moms” with kids. Lately, those little señoritas that don’t become Disney Rock Starettes, go to law school to be “immigration advocates”. The old geezer immigrations “judges” love them to death.
Bingo. Shelia Jackson Lee graduated law school and she was not bright at all. My suspicion is that some law schools “graduate” some people to be able to show that they have a diverse group of graduates.
Another law school “graduate” was Joe Biden.
“Graduating from law school isn’t that hard when you’re a government-designated victim based solely on your race.”
Well, yeah, Hussein Øbowel did
Back in the 1980’s when I graduated from law school (five years ahead of Harris), each course only had one final exam per year. There were no mid-term exams or interim quizzes. Most of us studied at least eight hours a day, seven days a week, for three years.
The final exams were “blind” in that the professor did not know the indentity of the student when grading the exam. The exams were also graded on a curve. After the grades were released, however, a student could petition the professor and/or academic dean for a higher grade. I personally knew minority students whose grades were bumped. (Perhaps grades were bumped for everyone who asked, regardless of minority status, but that was not my observation.)
Back then, at most law schools, including mine, students were dismissed from the program if they failed to maintain a minimum GPA (i.e., 1.80 after 1st year and 2.00 after 2nd year). I knew several white males who did not make the cut and were dismissed after their first year. I also knew several minority students who failed to maintain the minimum GPA, but were granted an exemption from dismissal and allowed to stay in the program.
If I recall correctly, the bar exam was also graded blindly by a committee of lawyers dispersed throughout the state. The exam was a two day test of endurance. On day one, every person throughout the United States took the same exam consisting of 250 multiple choice questions. On day two, the exam was state specific, and in my state, consisted of 100 multiple choice questions and eight essay questions. The bar exam in all states was graded on a curve in that only a certain percentage of test takers would pass the exam (usually 63% to 70%). Although a student who failed the exam could petition a review committee for a second look, very few petitioners had their grades changed. I am unaware of any DEI grading polices back then — at least not in New York where I took the bar exam, but perhaps California, where Harris went to law school, had two tier grading.
From what I understand, the current bar exam in many states have a DEI component. Although everyone takes the same exam, the passing grade has been dumbed down in an effort to get more minorities on the passing side of the grading curve.