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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Sep 2, 2022

The requirement that at least 75% of a law school’s graduates pass the bar exam within a two-year period is being examined again by the ABA Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar. The move comes as some jurisdictions are considering alternative paths to licensure, the ABA Journal reports. The section also announced it will be reviewing how transfer students affect law school bar passage rates, whether required hours of experiential learning should be increased, and whether the standards for academic advising should be revised. In related news, public responses to a proposal to make the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) optional appear to be evenly split between those who want to retain the requirement and those who want it eliminated. Reuters has more on that story.