Lowering the Bar
In a speech last week, South Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Jean Toal defended the court's decision to throw out results of a section the bar exam, allowing 20 additional people to pass.
The controversy arose after the Jim Harrison, chairman of the state's judiciary committee, and Circuit Judge Paul Burch contacted the court after their daughters flunked the exam, although they deny any intent to obtain special treatment. The Court did uncover one examinee that was incorrectly certified as having passed the test. To avoid a potential lawsuit, the Court threw out the section, thereby allowing the daughters, and 18 others, to pass.
Written By:John Hall, MD, JD On February 4, 2008 8:31 AM Written By:akt4pay On February 5, 2008 12:56 AM
John Hall:"If we continuously limbo under the bar of mediocrity can we blame the public for the generalized disdain for lawyers?"
Yeah, 'cause we all know that testing expertise is the quintessential indicator of lawyering skill, and folks are just so in love with those good test takers -it's those crappy bar examinees that give the profession a bad name. Grow up.
Why study when you can whine and have daddy "fix it?"
Fair? To whom?
If we continuously limbo under the bar of mediocrity can we blame the public for the generalized disdain for lawyers?