Controversial Bar Passage Standard Adopted by ABA Legal Ed Council
Law schools now will have to achieve a 75 percent pass rate for students within two years of graduation to keep their accreditation.
The ABA’s legal education council approved the tighter standard at its May 17 meeting, reports Bloomberg Law.
“The council first approved the revised standard in 2016 but passage has been stymied by the ABA House of Delegates, which has twice rejected it, citing negative impacts it could have on minority students,” writes Bloomberg’s Melissa Heelan Stanzione.
Read the Bloomberg Law article.
