{"id":134034,"date":"2025-09-28T18:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T02:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/09\/28\/the-point-of-law-school-is-to-actually-pass-the-bar-exam-see-generally\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T18:02:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T02:02:02","slug":"the-point-of-law-school-is-to-actually-pass-the-bar-exam-see-generally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/09\/28\/the-point-of-law-school-is-to-actually-pass-the-bar-exam-see-generally\/","title":{"rendered":"The Point Of Law School Is To Actually Pass The Bar Exam \u2014 See Generally"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Cooley Law Has Real Trouble Getting Its Graduates To Pass The Bar Exam:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/aba-puts-troubled-law-school-on-probation-over-its-bar-exam-passage-rates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">And the ABA has a real issue with that.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Everyone Knows Biglaw Associates Work A Lot Of Hours:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/the-biglaw-firms-where-associates-are-working-the-longest-hours-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">But where do the work the *most*?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Biglaw Firm Files Lawsuit Against A Former Associate:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/top-biglaw-firm-files-defamation-lawsuit-against-former-associate-after-she-made-sexual-assault-allegations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">After they say she made false allegations of sexual assault against a partner.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Weiss And Kirkland Got Some \u2018Splainin To Do (Again):<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/lawmakers-ask-paul-weiss-and-kirkland-to-explain-why-trump-work-isnt-totally-illegal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Because how they\u2019re paying off their pro bono payola sure seems like it violates the law. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kamala Harris Has Some Harsh Words For Business Leaders Who Capitulate To Donald Trump:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/kamala-harris-calls-out-ceos-for-not-fighting-against-donald-trump-theres-just-one-glaring-issue-with-that\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">But her admonition rings a little hollow<\/a> when her husband is a partner at one of the Biglaw firms that did its own capitulation to Trump. <\/p>\n<p><strong>There\u2019s A Modern Day Teapot Dome Scandal Afoot:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/seriously-though-did-tom-homan-keep-the-50000-the-fbi-gave-him\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">But where\u2019s the actual cash?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>America Has Passed A Dangerous Rubicon:<\/strong> As Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/trump-will-jail-his-enemies-if-he-has-to-burn-down-the-doj-to-do-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">thirst for retribution reaches a new height<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/former-trump-white-house-lawyer-sees-chilling-putin-parallel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">some chilling parallels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/the-point-of-law-school-is-to-actually-pass-the-bar-exam-see-generally\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Point Of Law School Is To Actually Pass The Bar Exam \u2014 See Generally<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cooley Law Has Real Trouble Getting Its Graduates To Pass The Bar Exam:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/aba-puts-troubled-law-school-on-probation-over-its-bar-exam-passage-rates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">And the ABA has a real issue with that.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Everyone Knows Biglaw Associates Work A Lot Of Hours:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/the-biglaw-firms-where-associates-are-working-the-longest-hours-2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">But where do the work the *most*?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Biglaw Firm Files Lawsuit Against A Former Associate:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/top-biglaw-firm-files-defamation-lawsuit-against-former-associate-after-she-made-sexual-assault-allegations\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">After they say she made false allegations of sexual assault against a partner.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Paul Weiss And Kirkland Got Some \u2018Splainin To Do (Again):<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/lawmakers-ask-paul-weiss-and-kirkland-to-explain-why-trump-work-isnt-totally-illegal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Because how they\u2019re paying off their pro bono payola sure seems like it violates the law. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Kamala Harris Has Some Harsh Words For Business Leaders Who Capitulate To Donald Trump:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/kamala-harris-calls-out-ceos-for-not-fighting-against-donald-trump-theres-just-one-glaring-issue-with-that\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">But her admonition rings a little hollow<\/a> when her husband is a partner at one of the Biglaw firms that did its own capitulation to Trump. <\/p>\n<p><strong>There\u2019s A Modern Day Teapot Dome Scandal Afoot:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/seriously-though-did-tom-homan-keep-the-50000-the-fbi-gave-him\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">But where\u2019s the actual cash?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>America Has Passed A Dangerous Rubicon:<\/strong> As Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/trump-will-jail-his-enemies-if-he-has-to-burn-down-the-doj-to-do-it\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">thirst for retribution reaches a new height<\/a> with <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/former-trump-white-house-lawyer-sees-chilling-putin-parallel\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">some chilling parallels<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/2025\/09\/the-point-of-law-school-is-to-actually-pass-the-bar-exam-see-generally\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Point Of Law School Is To Actually Pass The Bar Exam \u2014 See Generally<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/abovethelaw.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cooley Law Has Real Trouble Getting Its Graduates To Pass The Bar Exam: And the ABA has a real issue with that. Everyone Knows Biglaw Associates Work A Lot Of Hours: But where do the work the *most*? Biglaw Firm Files Lawsuit Against A Former Associate: After they say she made false allegations of sexual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}