549 ABA Journal Bar Exam articles.
The bar pass rate for 2016 law grads who sat for the exam within two years of graduating is 88.57%, according to ABA data released Friday. The data is for graduates of ABA-accredited law schools.
Apr 19, 2019 3:37 PM CDT
Media personality and socialite Kim Kardashian West hopes to follow in the footsteps of President Abraham Lincoln by skipping law school and becoming a lawyer through “reading the law.”
West…
Apr 15, 2019 7:45 AM CDT
Sarah Smith credits her father and an LSAT study guide for her interest in law school.
Tim Smith was working with an LSAT study book in early 2014 when his…
Mar 28, 2019 8:15 AM CDT
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Mar 7, 2019 6:30 AM CST
The ABA’s legal education council has delayed a decision on whether to implement a stricter bar passage standard for accredited law schools, prolonging a yearslong debate of the hot-button issue.
Feb 22, 2019 7:54 PM CST
Two legal education groups have asked that the council of the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar increase transparency and collaboration in its decision-making.
Feb 22, 2019 4:28 PM CST
Feb 13, 2019 2:46 PM CST
The Florida Coastal School of Law, one of the three for-profit InfiLaw campuses that sued the American Bar Association regarding accreditation matters, and the only one that has not…
Feb 6, 2019 12:30 PM CST
Jan 28, 2019 6:07 PM CST
In the days before the ABA House of Delegates revisits a proposed standard revision to tighten bar passage requirements for accredited law schools, some say an in-depth diversity study should…
Jan 24, 2019 12:14 PM CST
Atlanta’s John Marshall Law School has been placed on probation by the council of the ABA’s Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar as of Dec. 13.
According…
Dec 14, 2018 11:48 AM CST
While describing the outcome of the July 2018 California bar exam—which had a 40.7 percent pass rate—as “frightening,” California Supreme Court Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye said on Tuesday the state…
Dec 12, 2018 11:39 AM CST
Dec 6, 2018 11:17 AM CST
A law school graduate has filed a $100 million lawsuit that claims she was secretly taped with a hidden camera while taking a shower at a hotel where she was…
Dec 6, 2018 8:15 AM CST
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