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Unpacking The Bar: Of Cut Scores, Competence And Crucibles, Gary S. Rosin
Unpacking The Bar: Of Cut Scores, Competence And Crucibles, Gary S. Rosin
Gary S Rosin
Bar passage rates of first-takers vary widely among both the states and the law schools. State grading practices also vary widely, particularly as to minimum passing scores (“cut scores”) and whether they scale state exam components to the MultiState Bar Exam (“MBE”). The broad ranges of Bar passage rates and of state grading practices call into question the stewardship of the states over admission to the practice of law. This study uses generalized linear modeling, with a logit link function, to isolate the effect on the Bar passage rates of ABA-approved law schools of three factors: (i) the LSAT scores …
Unpacking The Bar: Of Cut Scores, Competence And Crucibles, Gary S. Rosin
Unpacking The Bar: Of Cut Scores, Competence And Crucibles, Gary S. Rosin
Gary S Rosin
Bar passage rates of first-takers vary widely among both the states and the law schools. State grading practices also vary widely, particularly as to minimum passing scores (“cut scores”) and whether they scale state exam components to the MultiState Bar Exam (“MBE”). The broad ranges of Bar passage rates and of state grading practices call into question the stewardship of the states over admission to the practice of law. This study uses generalized linear modeling, with a logit link function, to isolate the effect on the Bar passage rates of ABA-approved law schools of three factors: (i) the LSAT scores …