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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)
Peer reviewedWhite, Richard A. – Journal of Legal Education, 2002
Surveyed law schools to see if they offered bar preparation courses or other programs and whether they were effective. Detailed findings include that about 39 percent do offer such courses. (EV)
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Higher Education, Law Schools, School Surveys
