Final Report of the New York State Board of Law Examiners Regarding the Passing Standard on the New York State Bar Examination, December 2004

Appendices to the Final Report of the
New York State Board of Law Examiners Regarding the Passing Standard on the
New York State Bar Examination

A. Report and Recommendation of the New York State Board of Law Examiners to the New York Court of Appeals Regarding the Passing Standard on the New York State Bar Examination, March 2002

Tab. 1. Dr. Klein's Report

Tab. 2. Dr. Mehrens' Report

B. Supreme Court of Florida Amendments to Rules of the Supreme Court Relating to Admissions to the Bar, Corrected Revised Opinion, No. SC96869, March 20, 2003

C. Comments On Board's Proposal to Increase the Passing Standard

WRITTEN COMMENTS ONLY

Tab 1. Letter - John Peri, Jr., (10/01/02)

Tab 2. Letter - Anonymous (10/01/02)

Tab 3. Letter - Kelly Koenig Levi, Director, Academic Support Program, Pace University Law School (10/03/02)

Tab 4. Letter - Deans of all New York State law schools (10/28/02)

Tab 5. Letter - Peter Lomtevas (undated, rec'd 1/7/03)

Tab 6. Fax - Peter Lomtevas (1/14/03)

Tab 7. Letter - Nicole Blair (undated, rec'd 1/13/03)

Tab 8. Letter - Steven P. Curvin (1/13/03)

Tab 9. Letter - Christopher K.A. Oliver (1/21/03)

Tab 10. Letter - Nancy T. Sunshine, President, Brooklyn Bar Association (1/22/03)

Tab 11. Letter - Helene E. Weinstein, Chair, NYS Assembly Judiciary Committee (1/27/03)

Tab 12. Letter - Hon. Joseph W. Bellacosa, Dean, St. John's University School of Law (1/29/03)

Tab 13. Letter - Assemblymember Scott Stringer & Colleagues (1/29/03)

Tab 14. Letter - Society of American Law Teachers (1/31/03)

Tab 15. Letter - Eric Boone, Counsel NAACP (2/4/03)

Tab 16. Comments - NYS Assembly, Black, Puerto Rican & Hispanic Legislative Caucus (1/29/03)

Tab 17. Statement - Franklin H. Williams, Judicial Commission on Minorities (2/4/03)

Tab 18. Letter - Fred Fu, President, Flushing Chinese Business Association (undated - rec'd 2/28/03)

Tab 19. Letter - Betsy Gotbaum, The Public Advocate for the City of NY (2/24/03)

Tab 20. Susan B. Lindenauer, Counsel to the President, The Legal Aid Society (2/28/03)

Tab 21. Letter - Edison O. Jackson, President, Medgar Evers College (2/28/03)

Tab 22. Letter - Barry Grodenchik, Member NYS Assembly (3/9/03)

Tab 23. Letter - Charles Barron, Council Member, The Council of the City of NY (3/14/03)

Tab 24. Letter - James A. Beha II, Winston & Strawn (3/30/03)

Tab 25. Letter - Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr., Senior Minister, The Riverside Church (3/21/03)

Tab 26. Letter - Professor Paula C. Johnson, Co-President, Society of American Law Teachers (3/26/03)

Tab 27. Letter - NYS Assembly Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force (4/2/03)

Tab 28. Letter - Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund (4/4/03)

Tab 29. Petitions - NY Law Students (4/15/03)

STATEMENTS FILED IN CONJUNCTION WITH TESTIMONY AT PUBLIC HEARINGS

Tab 30. Hon. Nils Olsen, Dean, SUNY @ Buffalo School of Law

Tab 31. Professor John Henry Schlegel, SUNY @ Buffalo School of Law

Tab 32. Report of the Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar of the Association of the Bar of the City of New York in Opposition to the Board of Law Examiners' Proposal to Increase the Passing Score on the New York Bar Examination - January 2003

Tab 33. Statement of Opposition to the Report and Recommendation of the New York State Board of Law Examiners Regarding the Passing Standard on the New York State Bar Examination -- NYSBA Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, January 15, 2003

Tab 34. Comments of the Metropolitan Black Bar Association of New York in Opposition to a Proposal by the New York State Board of Law Examiners to Increase the Passing Score on the New York State Bar Examination - January 2003

Tab 35. Joint Statement of Opposition to the Report and Recommendation of the New York State Board of Law Examiners Regarding the Passing Standard on the New York State Bar Examination - Submitted by the Deans of the NY Law Schools, Received January 28, 2003.

Tab 36. Statement of the New York County Lawyers' Association Opposing the NY Board of Law Examiners' Recommendation to Increase the Bar Pass Score - Adopted February 13, 2003

D. Record of Public Hearings

Tab 1. Hearing Conducted in New York City, February 7, 2003.

Tab 2. Hearing Conducted in Buffalo, February 12, 2003.

Tab 3. Hearing Conducted in Albany, February 14, 2003.

E. Record of Special Hearing with Deans of New York Law Schools, April 15, 2003

F. Exhibits to Record of Hearings

Tab 1. Report and Recommendation of the New York State Board of Law Examiners to the Court of Appeals Regarding the Passing Standard on the New York State Bar Examination - March 2002

Tab 2. Notice of Hearings

Tab 3. Statement - Metropolitan Black Bar Association

Tab 4. Letter - Frederick Link

Tab 5. Letter - Eric Boone, NAACP

Tab 6. Memo - Hon. Nils Olsen, Dean, SUNY @ Buffalo School of Law

Tab 7. Testimony - Professor John Henry Schlegel, SUNY @ Buffalo School of Law

Tab 8. Letter & Statement - Women's Bar Association of the State of New York

Tab 9. Statement - Minority Bar Association of Western New York

Tab 10. Letter & Statement - New York State Bar Association

Tab 11. Letter - Lawrence M. Grosberg & Statement from Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Tab 12. Testimony of Nelson A. Castillo on behalf of the Hispanic National Bar Association

Tab 13. State of the New York County Lawyers' Association

Tab 14. Letter - Deans of the New York law schools

Tab 15. Joint Statement of Opposition to the Report and Recommendation of the New York State Board of Law Examiners Regarding the Passing Standard on the New York State Bar Examination, submitted by Deans of the New York Law Schools

Tab 16. Letter - Hon. Joseph W. Bellacosa, Dean, St. John's University School of Law

Tab 17. Petitions - law students

G. Subjects Tested on the Bar Examination, The Bar Examiners Handbook (1991), Table 7(b)