Bar Exams Are Dumb

Most of the states require a four-year college degree along with an actual law degree from a commissioned school of law. In most states, the Multistate Bar Exam or MBE is a requirement, as the Multistate Essay Exam or MEE is, and the Multistate Professional Responsibility or MPRE. A Multistate Performance Test or MPT is also sometimes postulated.

“The test-takers were college graduates from every state and from countries around the world. Fully two-thirds of the essays I scored would not have passed my freshman composition class, yet I was expected to give a score of 4 (Passing) to such writing and, apparently, the graduate schools of business accepted such students” (Reeves pg.4). Throughout the article, Reeve uses his background in his career to support his opinion. Since he has knowledge through “grading of tests” readers can easily be persuaded to agree with his opinion.

Over the years our education system has changed greatly. Of course the changes that happen can bring negative and positive changes. One of the greatest chances in the education system is having mandate high stakes exams throughout the United States.

The law profession is zealously guarded. An applicant to the bar must demonstrate the requisite character, fitness, and moral qualifications to be admitted. In re Application of Greenberg. An applicant for admission to the bar...shall not knowingly make false statements of material fact or fail to disclose a fact necessary to correct a misapprehension known by the person to have arisen in the matter... See generally, MPC, 8.1. It is professional misconduct for a lawyer to commit a criminal act that reflects adversely as a lawyer in other respects... MPC, 8.4(b).

Akin to the assessments used as part of university entrance formulas, the LSAT distinguishes as an essential element for acceptance to an ABA-accredited college of law. A half-day examination, offered four times per year, the LSAT administers from designated testing centers by the LSAC for prospective law school candidates as depicted in Figure 6.4. By and large, those examination dates precede registration deadlines of approximately one month with actual test dates specified on their website. And unlike most undergraduate institutions, hosting several alternative methods to enter which might otherwise circumvent entrance requirements of college freshman, the LSAT mandates as an ABA requirement. To increase the probability of acceptance, applicants

Our state and federal legislatures, executive bodies, and our courts have been involved in many aspects of testing assessment. Courts have been grappling with the role of diversity in criteria for admission to colleges, universities, and professional schools (Cohen, 2013).

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The legal profession far precedes the conclusion of the United States Revolutionary War, but the role that the field plays today does not mirror the same discipline of the founders, specifically in regards to women. The first female attorney, named Arabella Babb, began practicing in 1869. Since then, the legal profession has been consistently evolving in diversity, however, as of 2015 women only made up 35% of the bar registered attorneys according to the American Bar Association. The advancement of women in the legal field closely emulated that of other women’s rights movements. There were surges and shrinkages with some outstanding exceptions along the way, but regardless, the overall trend shows an improvement for women. Analyzing this data demonstrates the possibility of a continued trend for women in the law. History and present circumstances would indicate that the role of female attorneys will be predominant and advanced as time continues to pass.

All training required for judges, public defenders and prosecutors require a law degree and membership in The American Bar Association in which the state they practice law in. The American Bar Association set professional standards for conduct and certification for lawyers starting in the 19th century (Gufaston& McClellon, 2012). A new model code of professional responsibility has mandated conduction of the procedures of trials that must conform to the core requirements of law set with specific standards (Pollock, 2014). For this very reason of non reliability in regards to set training standards of particular types of lawyers and established practice, Burger (1973) contended that how lawyers trained in and after law school, will ultimately dictate their proficiencies as counsel in our adversary criminal justice system. This will eventually decide the virtue and essence of our justice within the system of courts. With hardly any if not non existent live training in the court system, no required or developed standard is set strictly for attorneys’ and judges to complete; reassuring individual rights of citizens are upheld to the highest standards during the legal process, proving these law practitioners’ are truly proficient in conducting their vital positions as expected in the Constitutional performance of protecting people’s rights (Burger, 1973). The general public assumes that every graduate law student, merely through designation from the bar which then

There is a strong irony in our emphasis on standardized testing in a country that promotes diversity among career options for students. Tests are mandated throughout the country and students spend days preparing for the multiple exams they have to complete. Many students pay hundreds of dollars for tutoring and prep materials to improve their scores on these standardized tests. Even school syllabuses have shifted to help prepare for the big standardized tests such as the ACT and SAT.This frenzy behind standardized testing is understandable however, since colleges put a lot of weightage on standardized test scores and the government hands out thousands of dollars of scholarships to both students and schools based on the results of these exams. The Washington Post estimates the market to be a two billion annual business.

Each state teaches their students different material at different rates and this is why some states place pressure of testing companies to “dumb-down” the test (Margie). Each state’s tests are created by the state; therefore, they can make the test as easy as possible to make everyone succeed on it. Some states have districts in poverty and cannot afford the best textbooks or technologies; therefore, their students do not reach their potential. When these districts have scores that are too low they do not receive federal grants; therefore, this puts them into a further bind.

The subject of law always fascinated me. Unlike medicine, the practicalities of the subject do not dampen my passion for the subject but rather fuel it. Law is engaging because it requires constant adapting and analyzing. With every case comes a unique set of issues. The challenge of having to work within the bounds of the law while also planning a compelling and forceful case for a client is thrilling. Every word holds tremendous power in law. Practicing law requires eloquence. Anecdotal stories are the hallmark of the best lawyers. There exists no third person perspective in law. I admire how good lawyers can form a message that appeals to people’s emotions and reason. I relish the opportunity to study every minute detail of law and become a practicing lawyer because of all the ways it would challenge me.

Albert Einstein once said, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” I’ve seen this today, where students are these fish, and these standardized tests that we take are the judges at how well we climb up the tree.

The lawyers that worked during the time of Emperor Claudius, and the judges before which these lawyers debated, were not extensively trained in law. They were, instead, educated in rhetoric by mentors. Eventually Rome began to develop a class of specialists who were trained in the law. By the start of the Byzantine Empire the legal profession was becoming well established and heavily regulated. Lawyers were more commonly studying law, along with continued studious study of rhetoric. It soon became a requirement for new advocates seeking admission into the court to produce testimonials from their teachers verifying their education. (Wikipedia). Shortly after, a course of legal study, lasting about four years, became mandatory for anyone pursuing a profession in law. The effects of such educational requirements can be seen in the educational requirements of today’s lawyers. In America, prospective lawyers must fulfill several educational requirements in order to practice law.

In the past 3 decades, women made great advancements in the workforce. First, they have become an integral part of the labour market; they have access to higher education and consequently to traditionally male dominated professions such as medicine, law and business. While statistics show that women are equal to men in terms of their numbers in the law profession, it is not clear however, whether they have achieved equality in all other areas of their employment. In this paper, I will examine women’s experiences in the law profession; whether women are earning equal salary compared to the male lawyers, do they still face barriers that are gender related and whether they have broken the glass ceiling in a profession that is supposed to be