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Is Bar Exam Failure A Harbinger Of Professional Discipline?, Jeffrey S. Kinsler
Is Bar Exam Failure A Harbinger Of Professional Discipline?, Jeffrey S. Kinsler
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Two of the reasons students fail the bar exam are lack of diligence and incompetence; these are also the primary reasons attorneys are disciplined. Using bar exam and disciplinary data from Tennessee, this Article substantiates the following theses: (1) The more times it takes a lawyer to pass the bar exam the more likely that lawyer will be disciplined for ethical violations, particularly early in the lawyer’s career; and (2) The more times it takes a lawyer to pass the bar exam the more likely that lawyer will be disciplined for lack of diligence—including non-communication—and/or incompetence.