Maura Dolan reports in the Los Angeles Times about a possible diversity effect of the Supreme Court’s recent decision to lower the passing score for the bar exam.
“Forty percent of California’s population is white, 60% are people of color. But 68% of California lawyers are white, and only 32% are people of color, according to a new report by the State Bar of California.”
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