Wake Up Call: February Bar Exam Scores Drop to New Low

• The average score on the multistate bar exam hit a record low in February, suggesting another fall in overall bar passage rates, the American Bar Association reported. ( ABA Journal )

• The death of New York appeals judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam was likely a suicide, police said. ( New York Daily News ) Abdus-Salaam made a significant impact on the law despite the relatively short period she spent as the first black woman on the state’s highest court. ( New York Law Journal) Her tragedy cast light on issues of mental health on the bench. Although bar associations devote resources to ...