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on November 22, 2016 in World News

California Bar Exam Pass Rate Reaches New Low

by Chriss W. Street The success rate for prospective lawyers that took the California Bar Exam this July slid to just 43 percent receiving a passing score on the 2016 test. The dismal 2016 success rate was down from 46.6 percent in July 2015, which was down from 48.6 percent in July 2014. The most recent pass rate is the lowest for any of the Bar’s July or October administrations in the past 32 years, according to the California Bar Association. The number of people who took the test, at 7,737, was the lowest in 12 years. The number was down from… View Article

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on November 22, 2016 in World News

Rebel MEPs demand legal scrutiny of CETA’s ‘corporate court’ system

by Oliver Tickell With the EU Parliament voting next week on CETA, the EU-Canada trade deal, 89 MEPs are demanding that its system of ‘corporate courts’ must first be verified by the European Court of Justice as compatible with existing EU law. But pro-CETA parliamentary leaders are trying to block all debate in the run-up to the vote. The courts are likely to have a chilling effect on governments seeking to improve social and environmental standards. The slogan ‘Take back control’ is still ringing in our ears but we need to ask – who is taking back control from whom?… View Article

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