Bar lowered way too far for minorities at law school

Indianapolis Star ^ | 12-27-02 | Robert Heidt

[yarddog]

I think the bar exam already is dumbed down.

I don't care for F Lee Bailey but he did say something one time I agreed with. He said the bar exam is so easy that it does not weed out the incompetents.

My Nephew graduated a few years ago from a prestigious law school. He was first in his class untill the last couple of months when he got heavily involved with a girl (who is now his wife). He still finished near the top, anyway he told me the bar exam was really really easy.

[537 Votes]

What's the problem? There is already an oversupply of lawyers. No one will hire these people when they graduate, because they will not be competent. So they will leave the profession, and there will be fewer lawyers.

This is an example of one problem solving another problem . . . .

[SauronOfMordor]

I guess it's only when you get to a completely merit based exam like the bar exam that all that stops.

If I gave prospective employees a written exam which minorities tended to flunk, I would be sued for racial discrimination under the "disparate impact" rule. How long before the bar exam is cancelled for the same reasons

[LibertarianLiz]

We follow a similarly heavy-handed affirmative action policy for financial aid

I would really like to see someone do a study on how financial aid is handled. If this statement is correct, this may actually be more of a time-bomb than the entrance Affirmative Action as it regards tax-payer funding being used in discriminatory fashion.

[Henrietta]

No, her name was Jennifer Yruegas.