tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post8097614395574054510..comments2024-03-29T05:56:24.786-04:00Comments on THE BLOG: GOV. DESANTIS' JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS & A "FEW" NEW ATTORNEYS SET TO JOIN THE BAR .......Rumpolehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08380575650255695462noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-30150150492417828042021-09-24T11:22:10.505-04:002021-09-24T11:22:10.505-04:0010:25: the ABA is a great nationwide voluntary bar...10:25: the ABA is a great nationwide voluntary bar association. They try to do great things. People who want to make shabby things the norm do not cooperate with this. Such as President Trump ignoring ABA ratings for prospective federal judicial appointments. What say you Florida Supreme Court about refusing credit for ABA CLE courses?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-66072760503279083862021-09-24T10:58:48.904-04:002021-09-24T10:58:48.904-04:007:38 am: at the link you provided, for July 2021 I...7:38 am: at the link you provided, for July 2021 I see only the data for first-time test takers. Where did you get the aggregate number? Thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-19419487139908721572021-09-23T09:03:15.620-04:002021-09-23T09:03:15.620-04:00St. Thomas grad here. I am thankful to St. Thomas ...St. Thomas grad here. I am thankful to St. Thomas for giving me a chance. So, it hurts me to say this, but St. Thomas needs to go. FIU ate their lunch. Nova and A&M probably need to go too, but the argument is strongest for St. Thomas since it is in Miami-Dade along with two other law schools. There are too many lawyers and not enough good work to go around for the bottom tier(s).<br /><br />This isn't just a problem of the economics of student loans, etc. (although it goes hand-in-hand with the problem), instead, what ends up happening is that desperate lawyers who can't find good cases end up doing foolish and/or desperate things: they take cases on the margins of merit (or with no merit); they "borrow" from trust accounts; or they do any number of other shady shit that we read about in the disciplinary news section of the Fl. Bar newspaper. <br /><br />Thinning the heard is not just about making sure that lawyers get rich - its about mitigating the conditions that lead to unethical behavior. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-73847349698797397842021-09-23T07:38:51.773-04:002021-09-23T07:38:51.773-04:00You can find the aggregate Bar results from 2012 t...You can find the aggregate Bar results from 2012 to present at https://www.floridasupremecourt.org/Bar-Scores/Florida-Bar-Exam-Results-Comparisons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-35556073052472883712021-09-22T23:04:24.704-04:002021-09-22T23:04:24.704-04:0010:04 pm: I may stand corrected then. But where is...10:04 pm: I may stand corrected then. But where is that data available? I don’t see it on either the Florida Supreme Court or Board of Bar Examiners site.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-84689315918555040572021-09-22T22:04:38.448-04:002021-09-22T22:04:38.448-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.CAPTAIN JUSTICEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12179932096244679236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-41334382369857063282021-09-22T21:47:27.030-04:002021-09-22T21:47:27.030-04:00709 yes thanks for correcting another poorly argue...709 yes thanks for correcting another poorly argued post by captain covid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-18440917137536593892021-09-22T19:09:13.777-04:002021-09-22T19:09:13.777-04:00Found the error! Total test takers is not 3343, it...Found the error! Total test takers is not 3343, it's 2285. So 1637 passing is a passage rate of 71.6%<br /><br />https://www.floridasupremecourt.org/content/download/788827/file/09-20-2021-FBBE-Full-Press-Release.pdf<br /><br />"Trust, but verify." - Ronald Reagan<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-20577108978316160832021-09-22T19:06:48.192-04:002021-09-22T19:06:48.192-04:00What is your source for this?: "1,637 passed ...What is your source for this?: "1,637 passed the Bar exam (49% of all test-takers)"<br />Given the passing percentages for Florida law schools (the worst of which is over 50%) a 49% passage rate doesn't appear correct. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-56557809574294051072021-09-22T14:02:19.633-04:002021-09-22T14:02:19.633-04:00What the heck is FIU doing to nail the top bar pas...What the heck is FIU doing to nail the top bar passage rate for seven straight years? I would assume it is some bar prep course in your final semester. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-88680808491545859242021-09-22T10:25:53.520-04:002021-09-22T10:25:53.520-04:00How does the bottom-most FL law school (with the f...How does the bottom-most FL law school (with the fewest grads passing the bar) have a higher bar passage rate than the general population of bar takers?<br /><br />It must mean that out of state law school bar takers just absolutely tanked the test?<br /><br />If the ABA had at least one testicle they would recognize that the country is filled with exploitative law schools, only too happy to collect tuition fortified by federal loans (non-dischargable in bankruptcy), in order to graduate JDs who cannot pass a bar exam, who will not work as lawyers, and who will be stuck with student loans for twenty years.<br /><br />Real talk -- there are far too many lawyers and the profession is bleeding. There are far too many law students and as long as school admins get paid, no one cares about entire generations crippled by debt.<br /><br />We need leadership courageous enough to call out the scam, and to shutter most law schools. The undergrads with a <150 LSAT who complain should be told, "you will not pass the bar, you will not work as a lawyer, and if you somehow do, your salary will be under $45k. (Thanks Carlos and Kathy!) We have just freed you from the 100k loan you will spend decades trying to pay back."<br /><br />The university admins who lose law school bucks should be told to pound sand.<br /><br />The AMA protects its members and the profession. The ABA??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19039943.post-7135792136822790082021-09-22T09:00:29.933-04:002021-09-22T09:00:29.933-04:00Hi. There are often so many snarky comments on th...Hi. There are often so many snarky comments on this blog, so I thought I'd share something off topic. Big thanks to Rumpole and Captain for your energy in making this blog happen. You are both very well written and thoughtful, and although you have great power by virtue of your anonymous ability to reach such a large audience, you both have used such power in a measured and responsible way. <br /><br />Captain, compiling the information you compile must be tedious, so thank you for your hard work.<br /><br />Rumpole, I really enjoy your political / social commentary. What is refreshing for me is that I feel that my views align nearly perfectly with your views. I often think that if we had met each other outside the blog, we'd be great friends.<br /><br />Although the blog is really great as is, I'll share one suggestion that would make the blog more enjoyable from at least one reader's perspective: moderation of the identity of anonymous commentators. I can't help but think that when there are multiple, successive negative comments about a judge, for example, the comments are being posted by the same person (perhaps with a personal grudge or a political interest). When readers see 10 successive negative comments about someone, it can really hurt that person's reputation. Perhaps reputational harm based on volume of negative comments is warranted when 10 different people feel the way they do, but it is not warranted (based on volume of negative comments alone) when the same person posts all the comments. One potential solution might be to require all commentators to post under an email address. It can still be anonymous, but it will help identify comments posted by the same commentator. Additionally, it will require more work (registration of multiple email addresses) for a single commentator to post multiple comments for political reasons or due to a personal grudge, and 10 negative comments from 10 different first-time anonymous commentators will carry less weight than 10 separate comments from established anonymous commentators.<br /><br />Feel free not to post this, and the purpose of my post is to compliment Rumpole and Captain. Great work. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com