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Direct linkGray, Katti – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
Howard University School of Law had a problem, and school officials knew it. Over a 20-year period, 40 percent of its graduates who took the Maryland bar exam failed it on their first try. During the next 24 months--the time frame required to determine its "eventual pass rate"--almost 90 percent of the students did pass. What they did…
Descriptors: Legal Education (Professions), Law Schools, Tuition Grants, Accreditation (Institutions)
Download full textKadhi, T.; Holley, D.; Garrison, P.; Green, T.; Palasota, A. – Online Submission, 2010
The following report of descriptive statistics gives the passing percentages of the Bar examination for the Thurgood Marshall School of Law (TMSL) for the calendar years of 2005-2009. A Five Year Analysis is given for the entire period, followed by Annual Analysis of the same data. This report is meant to serve as a continual update of the…
Descriptors: Law Schools, Statistical Analysis, High Stakes Tests, Scores
Kadhi, T.; Holley, D.; Garrison, P.; Green, T. – Online Submission, 2010
The following report of descriptive statistics gives the passing percentages of the Bar examination for the Thurgood Marshall School of Law (TMSL) for the calendar years of 2005-2009. A Five Year Analysis is given for the entire period, followed by Annual Analyses. This report is meant to serve as a continual update of the progress of the Law…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Scores, School Statistics, Educational Indicators
Peer reviewedVest, Herb D. – Journal of Legal Education, 2000
Calls for states to look beyond the narrow confines of American Bar Association accreditation in determining what types of legal education are sufficient to earn admission to the bar, and for jurisdictions to reassess the content and administration of their bar exams. (EV)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Higher Education, Legal Education (Professions)
