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[4] [5] By 1948, only 13 law schools in 9 states retained diploma privilege. By 1980, only Mississippi, Montana, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wisconsin honored diploma privilege. [5] [6] As of 2020, only Wisconsin allows J.D. graduates of accredited law schools to seek admission to the state bar without passing a bar examination. [7] [8] [9]
The October 2020 California Bar pass rate for TJSL graduates was 47% for first time takers and 44% for repeat takers, vs. statewide averages of 74% and 43%, respectively. [15] The July 2021 California Bar pass rate for TJSL graduates was 52% for first time takers and 18% for repeat takers, vs. statewide averages of 71% and 19%, respectively. [5]
In order to evaluate the "qualitative soundness of a law school's program of legal education," the State Bar of California requires all California-Accredited Law schools to provide cumulative bar passage rates for the previous five years. For 2018-2022, SJCL's cumulative five-year bar pass rate was 76.3%. [8]
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In this first installment of The Big Fail, a series focused on the high percentage of law graduates failing the bar and the impact on law schools and the legal profession, The Recorder affiliate ...
[2] [3] In the 1870s, law schools began to emerge across the country as an alternative form of legal education. To incentivize aspiring lawyers to attend law schools, many states offered "diploma privilege" to graduates of law schools, wherein they would receive automatic admission to the bar. This practice reached its peak between 1879 and ...
The first time passage rate for USF graduates taking the California bar was 67.78% compared to 72.33% for other ABA schools. The Ultimate Bar Pass Rate, which the ABA defines as the passage rate for graduates who sat for bar examinations within two years of graduating, was 83.33% for the class of 2021. [3]
Not every law school graduate passes the California bar exam; its 2024 failure rate was 44 percent. The precocious siblings, purposely left unnamed, cannot be faulted for their remarkable ...