Wake Up Call: New York Reports Highest Bar Pass Rate in a Decade

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• The 10,000-plus candidates who sat for the July administration of the New York bar examination, the largest bar jurisdiction in the country, had the highest passing rate for the exam since 2013 at 69%. New York is one of 31 states to report higher pass rates than last year. (Reuters)
• Kamala Harris early in her career as a prosecutor faced a choice: pursue the death penalty for a gang member convicted of killing a police officer or ...