Lawyers and law school graduates on Monday pleaded with California state bar officials to support the adoption of a lower passing, or cut, score on the bar exam.

A bar-commissioned study released last month concluded that California could reduce its second-highest-in-the-nation cut score from 144 to 141 and still ensure that newly minted lawyers meet minimum competency requirements.

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