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10.1.1.7) Information for Unsuccessful Applicants (California Bar Exam)




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This article is from the King Hall Law School FAQ, by David F. Prenatt, Jr. NetEsq@dcn.davis.ca.us with numerous contributions by others.

10.1.1.7) Information for Unsuccessful Applicants (California Bar Exam)

For those Bar Examinees who do not appear on the published pass list,
the Commmittee of Bar Examiners sends out a notice and encloses a
brochure entitled, "Information for Unsuccessful Applicants." This
notice includes information that should help you figure out why you
did not pass the Bar Exam. If you passed the Bar Exam, of course,
this information is somewhat unimportant. But for "Unsuccessful
Applicants," this information takes on great significance.
To add insult to injury, the Committee of Bar Examiners made an
error in the formula that it disclosed for the computation of written
exam scores on the July 1995 Bar Examination. Using the formula that
was published in the "Information for Unsuccessful Applicants," many
people who might have obtained an automatic reappraisal of their exam
results after the "Phase II" reread and/or passed the exam did not
pass. The Committee became aware of the problem immediately, which
turned out to be a simple typographical error in the published formula
for computing Bar Exam results.
The Committee of Bar Examiners specifically will *NOT* entertain
petitions for reconsideration based on its grading system or the
judgment of its professional graders. However, it *WILL* entertain
requests for reconsideration based on clerical errors that resulted in
failure or prevented the automatic reappraisal of a Bar Exam. Of
course, this is no guarantee of a favorable turn of events, but it
does give examinees who should have passed the Bar Exam an opportunity
for a reread. Accordingly, if you receive a notice that you failed
the Bar Exam, you should obtain copies (as opposed to the originals)
of your written tests and look for arithmetic and/or clerical errors.

 

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