Nevada lowers bar for state legal exam
By Natalie Bruzda, Las Vegas Review-Journal
The Nevada bar exam is notoriously one of the most difficult tests in the nation for aspiring lawyers, but that reputation could soon be dismissed as state officials tinker with the test to make it easier.
The first changes occurred about a month ago, when the Nevada Supreme Court lowered the score required to pass. The court, which has the final say in matters related to the state bar exam, also recently approved a recommendation to remove an essay topic that it deemed no longer relevant.
The moves comes as fewer law school graduates — in Nevada and across the country — are passing the bar exam.