ABA Section of Legal Education releases first-time report on bar passage data
The Managing Director’s Office of the American Bar Association Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar released Tuesday a new set of bar passage data outcomes for ABA-approved law schools that provides national “ultimate” and first-time pass rates based on race, ethnicity and gender.
The charts, which are incorporated in the section’s General News webpage (www.americanbar.org/groups/legal_education/general_news), include aggregate data in nine different ethnicity categories for information collected in 2020 and 2021 broken down by gender. The data was reported to the ABA by the 197 law schools accepting new students in their Bar Passage Questionnaire, which is completed annually.
Under 2019 revisions to the bar passage rule known as Standard 316, ABA-approved law schools must have 75% of their graduates who take the bar examination pass within two years of graduation or face the potential of being found out of compliance. The section maintains both percentage pass rates for first-time takers and the two-year aggregate figure, known as the “ultimate” pass rate.
“During discussions about the amendments to Standard 316, commenters expressed concern about the lack of national data on bar passage by members of different racial and ethnic groups,” said Bill Adams, ABA managing director of accreditation and legal education. “We promised to collect and publish such aggregate data and consider whether the requirements of the standard needed to be reconsidered in light of what we collected. This report is consistent with that promise and will be further evaluated in the months to come.”
Online program to discuss state election legislation
Proposed bills SB 285, 303 and 304 in the Michigan State Senate all contain provisions that would alter the voting process in the state. These are only three bills of a much larger package aimed at changing elections in Michigan.
What would these bills change? How will they affect voters like you? And how do we as advocates work to ensure everyone is able to vote? The Wayne State University Voting Rights & Election Law Society and the Social Work Student Alliance (SWSA) invite the public to learn the answers to these questions during “Protect Your Vote: A Closer Look at Voter Suppression Legislation in Michigan.” The online program will take place Wednesday, June 30, from 6 to 7 p.m. via Zoom.
“Protect Your Vote” offers attendees the opportunity to hear voting advocates from different professions directly address voter suppression in Michigan. Panelists will include Senator Stephanie Chang, Detroit organizer Gabriela Santiago-Romero, and Jamie Lyons Eddy from Voters, Not Politicians.
To register for this free program, visit https://law.wayne.edu and click on “events.”
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