Data about class rank and bar passage

There was interesting news this week at Berkeley. (Follow that link to the Nuts & Boalts website.) In response to a low bar passage rate for the last bar exam, Dean Edley disclosed to 3Ls the bar passage rates by class rank. The top third passed at 100%. The middle third passed at 94%. The bottom third passed at 51%.  Berkeley and Edley should be congratulated for their candor.

Every law school should release that kind of data. They should share it with admittees and all students, so that they can make more intelligent deicisons about classes to take, bar prep, etc. What other information might law schools share with admittees and students?

Comments

[S.cotus]

The obvious solution is to write a rule which expels all students in the bottom 3d at the beginning of 3L (after the check clears). This will raise the bar passage rate by 16%