“[Students] primarily attended class online and I think it's questionable whether online classes were as effective of a legal education as in-person classes,” one bar exam tutor said. “With all the stresses of the pandemic, students simply might not have developed the same skills throughout their years at law school that they would have developed in less chaotic times.”
April 13, 2022 at 05:31 PM
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Pennsylvania saw a precipitous decline in successful bar exam hopefuls in February, reflecting a nationwide trend that’s raising questions about the efficacy of law school teaching in a remote learning environment.
Applicants who took the test in the commonwealth passed February’s bar exam at a 37% rate, a drop from the more than 50% success rates of recent years’ testing cycles, according to data released last week by the state’s board of law examiners.
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