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California is easing its bar exam score which critics argue fails to measure ability
LA Times via Yahoo ^ | 7/26/20 | Maura Dolan

Posted on 07/28/2020 2:11:17 PM PDT by Libloather

For more than three decades, California has clung to one of the nation's toughest testing standards for law school students hoping to practice law in the most populous state in the country.

But this month, the California Supreme Court, which oversees the state bar, agreed to lower the passing score for the exam, a victory for law school deans who have long hoped the change would raise the number of Black and Latino people practicing law.

After holding virtual meetings with law school graduates and deans, the state's highest court this month permanently lowered the passing score, allowed for law school graduates to work temporarily under supervision with provisional licenses during the pandemic and permitted graduates to take the bar exam remotely in early October.

"There is absolutely no evidence that shows having a higher score makes for better lawyers," said UCLA School of Law Dean Jennifer L. Mnookin, a longtime supporter of lowering the passing score. "There is significant evidence that it reduces the diversity of the bar."

Forty percent of California's population is white, 60% are people of color. But 68% of California lawyers are white, and only 32% are people of color, according to a new report by the State Bar of California.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Education; History
KEYWORDS: bar; california; californiasupremes; exam; jenniferlmnookin; lawyers; ucla
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To: Libloather

Bar exams are useless if no one passes them due to having suffered through a lousy education.

Just a wild guess without reading the article!


21 posted on 07/28/2020 2:23:27 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Prediction: G. Maxwell will surprise everyone by not dying anytime soon.)
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To: Libloather
Mike Judge is a prophet.

https://i.makeagif.com/media/6-11-2015/qZL59W.mp4

22 posted on 07/28/2020 2:24:15 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They are openly stating that they intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live.)
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To: Libloather

“Forty percent of California’s population is white”

And in 1960 that number was 90%.

So when did the population of California vote to become a discriminated minority in their own state?


23 posted on 07/28/2020 2:24:28 PM PDT by Regulator
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To: Libloather

The Left loves to lower standards... in countries it wants to destroy.


24 posted on 07/28/2020 2:25:00 PM PDT by Stravinsky (Politeness will not defeat the Marxist revolutionaries)
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To: Obadiah

Get cheap surgeries provided by BLM.


25 posted on 07/28/2020 2:25:17 PM PDT by Striperman (Striperman)
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To: Libloather
lower the passing score for the exam, a victory for law school deans who have long hoped the change would raise the number of Black and Latino people practicing law

Not much more need to comment.

26 posted on 07/28/2020 2:26:25 PM PDT by pfflier
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To: hanamizu

That Time Joe Biden Lied About His Academic Credentials

The presidential candidate bragged about graduating in the top half of his class at law school. He was 76th in a class of 85.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/05/that-time-joe-biden-lied-about-his-academic-credentials/


27 posted on 07/28/2020 2:28:23 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Libloather

Everybody gets a medal!

Remember when we admired ability and strived for excellence? That was us, right?


28 posted on 07/28/2020 2:33:48 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Libloather

California judges are not really expected to know the law any way, just rely on their personal feelings so long as they agree with the left-wing agenda.


29 posted on 07/28/2020 2:35:38 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

>>>Will Hillary! (Smartest Woman In The World!) FINALLY pass the bar?<<<

Come on, really? Have you ever known Hillary Clinton to pass a bar?


30 posted on 07/28/2020 2:36:26 PM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: Libloather; Larry Lucido; SaveFerris; Gamecock; Rebelbase; Lil Flower

31 posted on 07/28/2020 2:37:37 PM PDT by PROCON (Molon Labe)
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To: Libloather
Traditional grammatically correct English is racist. Get rid of it.
Traditional math is colonialism and racist. Get rid of it.
The bar exam is racist and needs to lower standards so minorities can pass.
SATs are no longer required because minorities can't pass it because it's racist. Get rid of it.

I'm sure everyone is seeing the pattern here.

32 posted on 07/28/2020 2:38:06 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Libloather

I have a neighbor who is a lawyer and CPA. When I asked which exam was more difficult, he replied that the CPA exam was much more difficult.


33 posted on 07/28/2020 2:38:57 PM PDT by yarddog ( For I am persuaded.)
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To: Libloather

Why not? They already make a mockery of the law.


34 posted on 07/28/2020 2:42:26 PM PDT by Tai_Chung
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To: Libloather

Someone needs to clarify that that much higher percentage of ‘people of color’ includes the over 11 MILLION ILLEGAL INVADERS who are in California.


35 posted on 07/28/2020 2:43:03 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Libloather

Lawyers were stupid before this change.

Now, there will be a clear documented point for the plunge into really stupid.


36 posted on 07/28/2020 2:43:14 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: Libloather
"There is absolutely no evidence that shows having a higher score makes for better lawyers," said UCLA School of Law Dean Jennifer L. Mnookin, a longtime supporter of lowering the passing score. "There is significant evidence that it reduces the diversity of the bar."

So then why have a test at all?
Also, she is claiming that minorities can't perform at the same level as white people - an outright racist remark.

37 posted on 07/28/2020 2:46:23 PM PDT by throwthebumsout
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To: Libloather

Yep, I know. And I know he lied. But like Valarie Jarret says, that was years ago. Did you know 150,000,000 Americans have died from guns since the repeal of the ‘Assault Weapons Ban? Joe said that during a dem debate, but, hey, that was months ago. And his brilliant tax plan would bring 720,000,000 women into the work force—but that was 10 month ago.


38 posted on 07/28/2020 2:46:28 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: throwthebumsout

Kind of like lowering the standards in medical school. You want a doctor who barely passed or someone in the top of the class?


39 posted on 07/28/2020 2:48:56 PM PDT by Captain Peter Blood (https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/3804407/posts?q=1&;page=61)
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To: Libloather
Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer may agree with the new standards. For the old Bar Exam could be extremely confounding.


40 posted on 07/28/2020 2:50:22 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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