Afternoon, gentleman (and I use the term loosely).
Here for my semi-annual check in. Graduated law school last weekend, and am 5 days into the drudgery of bar prep.
California notoriously has some of the lowest bar passage rates in the country. Here is a brief blurb on the results from February 2018 exam:
"Just 27.3 percent of would-be lawyers passed California’s February 2018 bar exam, an all-time low pass rate based on records stretching back to 1951, according to test data released Friday.
The dismal scores mirror a national trend for the winter sitting of the exam. The average score on February’s multistate bar exam, the 200 multiple-choice question portion of the test used in every state, fell 1.3 points from the previous year to 132.8, according to the National Conference of Bar Examiners. That is the lowest average score in more than 10 years and marks the fourth straight year that the February average declined.
First-time test-takers of the February 2018 exam continued to do better than those repeating the exam with a 39 percent pass rate. Graduates of American Bar Association-approved law schools based in California did the best of any group, with 46 percent passing."
My school's percentage pass rate typically falls around mid 70-80s. So I have that going for me. I shall spend the next two months focusing as much attention as I can muster on preparing diligently.
Hope all is well with you all!
