State Bar & Bar Associations
Jan. 15, 2020
State Bar says multiple factors caused race data issue
More than 65% of July bar exam takers did not report their race or ethnicity.
A top State Bar official said it was a combination of factors that resulted in the agency receiving far less information about the race and ethnicity of July 2019 bar exam takers compared to those who took previous tests.
Donna Hershkowitz, the bar’s chief of programs, said, “We think there were a lot of people who may have reported the data in the old system because they thought that it was a mandatory field.”
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