Lowering the Bar

     Over the years, in most if not all states, bar exams have been dumbed down to make them easier to pass. If that's not bad enough, many states have recently lowered the passing score. For example, in 2016, the Montana Supreme Court lowered the passing score for its state's bar exam. Not only that, Montana's lowering of the passing grade was made retroactive to 2013. About this time, the states of North Carolina, Oregon, and Washington lowered their bar admission scores as well. In July 2020, California lowered the passing bar score by 50 points.

     In a country with too many lawyers, many of whom are substandard or at best mediocre, making it easier to enter the legal profession is not good.