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Will Calif. Supreme Court Provide Bar Data for Controversial Study?

Posted Sep 8, 2008, 11:10 am CST
By Martha Neil

Seeking to pursue a controversial study about the effectiveness of law school affirmative action programs, researchers have sued the State Bar of California for access to 30 years of examination records.

They are now asking the state supreme court to compel the bar association to turn over the bar exam record information, contending that its demographic data should be made available because the bar association is a public agency funded with taxpayer dollars, reports the Los Angeles Times.

The bar association contends that the information is private, and was obtained under assurances that it would be kept private. One law school graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles pointed out at a public hearing… Continue reading...

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