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Commentary: Why is it so much harder to become a lawyer in California than in New York?

The State Bar of California has done it again, failing nearly 60 percent of the law school graduates who took the exam in July. It was the worst outcome since 1951. And yet thousands of these graduates, if they had taken the test in virtually any other state, would now be embarking on their legal careers instead of having to prepare to take it again in February.

The score needed to pass the California bar exam - called the "cut score" - is 144. We are

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