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&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;Unless you&amp;#8217;ve been living in a cave, you&amp;#8217;re well aware that the American Bar Association kicks off its&amp;nbsp; &lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: blue&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: blue&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;annual midyear meeting&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; in &lt;?xml:namespace prefix=&quot;st1&quot; ns=&quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags&quot;?&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:city w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Los Angeles&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; today.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;One very contentious item on the agenda: the &lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:city w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;ABA&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;, which accredits law schools, is likely to &lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: blue&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: blue&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: blue&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: blue&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;enact a rule requiring law school to demonstrate, essentially,&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;that 75% of a&amp;nbsp;its graduates have passed the bar&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Opponents of the proposal, including the Black Law Students Association, claim the measure disproportionately penalizes schools with higher minority enrollment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix=&quot;o&quot; ns=&quot;urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office&quot;?&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;The backstory here is the friction between Dubya&amp;#8217;s Department of Education and the liberal &lt;st1:city w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;ABA&lt;/st1:city&gt; over the &lt;st1:city w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;ABA&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&#39;s implementation of a stricter diversity-enrollment standard.&amp;nbsp; Last year, the department refused to extend the &lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:city w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;ABA&lt;/st1:city&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt;&#39;s accrediting authority beyond June 2008.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The proposal is an effort to appease the department before they consider again the &lt;st1:city w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;ABA&lt;/st1:place&gt;&lt;/st1:city&gt;&amp;#8217;s accrediting authority in June.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: blue&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: blue&quot;&gt;TaxProf&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;takes a look at the &lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;schools that are in danger of failing &lt;/font&gt;the proposed accreditation standard.&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;One school that has working hard to get out of that group&amp;nbsp; is the Borough of &lt;st1:place w:st=&quot;on&quot;&gt;Queens&lt;/st1:place&gt;&amp;#8217; own &lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: blue&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: blue&quot;&gt;CUNY School of Law&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;On TaxProf&amp;#8217;s chart, CUNY has a listed bar passage rate of&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;61.5% (and a minority student percentage of 31.5).&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;However, the school has &lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;trumpeted impressive recent gains &lt;/font&gt;in that area, &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;boasting a 79.1 % passage rate for &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal&quot;&gt;first-time&lt;/i&gt; exam test-takers. (TaxProf included repeat exam takers.)&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun: yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The school&amp;#8217;s passage rate was an &lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: blue&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;COLOR: blue&quot;&gt;&lt;font color=&quot;#000000&quot;&gt;abysmal 50%&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; as recently as five years ago.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; -posted by brian&lt;/p&gt;

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