AccessLex Institute has published groundbreaking research that finds the minimum passing score (known as the “cut score”) on the California Bar Exam, which is the second highest in the nation, excludes minorities from admission to the bar at a disproportionately high rate and does not result in greater public protection in the state.
Author: stcerman
Sam Erman is a Professor of Law at USC's Gould School of Law.
Mindsets in Legal Education research, featured in AccessLex newsletter Raising the Bar, shows that the choice of the passing score on a bar exam is also a choice about the profession’s size and diversity.