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Article: UDC law school pays a lot for students to fail bar; Spending is up, but less than a quarter pass on first try.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- August 29, 2002
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Byline: Jim Keary, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Less than a quarter of graduates from the University of the District of Columbia's law school pass the bar exam on the first try, well below the national average of 73 percent.
Yet the David A. Clarke School of Law is spending nearly twice the national average on its students, even though it has not received full accreditation and is losing students.
The figures come from UDC financial records obtained by The Washington Times under the Freedom of Information Act, as well as the U.S. Department of Education and the American Bar Association, which accredits law schools around the country.
According ...