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The Bar exam tests a bar candidate's ability to demonstrate fundamental lawyering skills related to legal knowledge combined with the capacity to apply that knowledge in a test-driven environment. The goal of the exam is to ensure an examinee's minimum competency to perform routine tasks that assure professional responsibility for handling legal matters.

A recent article published by Above The Law reports that the national mean MBE scaled score from the July 2018 bar exam has reared its ugly head, showing shockingly poor performance from test takers. Results from states who have released their July 2018 bar exam results so far show a 34 year low on the MBE scaled score. Performance on the written portion of the bar exam tracks MBE performance as well.

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