Why did the number of interns who took the bar exams drop?
A market test conducted by the LAWYERS company among interns who took the Bar Association certification tests in the summer of 2021 and in the summer of 2022 states: 1,506 interns took the bar exam this summer compared to 2,546 interns who took the bar certification tests last year.
What is the reason?
David Rosenthal
08/18/2022
Thursday, August 18, 2022, 1:11 p.m
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A market test conducted by the LAWYERS company among interns who took the certification tests of the Bar Association in the summer of 2021 and in the summer of 2022, shows that 1,506 interns took the bar exam in the summer of 2022, compared to 2,546 interns who took the bar certification tests in the summer of 2021. The main reason for the decrease in the number of interns who took the exam in the summer of 2022 is the extension The internship period changes to a validity of one and a half years.
Attorney Erica Solomon Vasser and Attorney Roy Bitton, the directors of Lawyers, point out that for the exam in the summer of 2022 only 597 interns (out of 1,506) took the bar exams for the first time and all the rest are repeat examinees, this is in contrast to the previous bar exams where the number of first time examinees was greater Significant - 1,624 examinees for the first time (out of a total of 2,549 examinees). The pass percentages of examinees for the first time are tens of percent higher than the pass percentages among repeat examinees (gaps of between 30% and 48% and more).
Attorney Solomon Vasser and Attorney Roy Biton explain that various factors affect the passing percentage of the examinees, and certainly the repeat examinees, at the center of which are the time constraints of the examinees such as work constraints, livelihood, family, etc., Hebrew as a second language and attention and concentration difficulties, including learning disabilities.
Attorney Roy Bitton with Attorney Erica Solomon Vosser (Photo: YACHT)
According to the market test, 46% of those taking the bar exam testified to significant time constraints that prevent them from devoting 8-9 hours of study per day on average during the 4-month study period.
The special study program for those with time constraints developed by Loyers allows examinees to spread out the learning program for longer periods, using a unique study method, thereby significantly increasing the chances of passing the exam for examinees with time constraints.
By the summer of 2022, the company claims, 85% percent of examinees with time constraints will have passed the exam.
Among those taking the exam, 29% have diagnosed attention and concentration difficulties (or have some kind of learning disability) and about 18% speak Hebrew as a second language.
At the same time, the transfer data of the interns clearly show that dedicated preparation programs adapted to populations of examinees with time constraints, Hebrew speakers as a second language and those with attention and concentration difficulties can neutralize the chances of passing.
In the dedicated Loyers preparation programs for repeat examinees on the June 22 deadline, the pass percentage among repeat examinees was 82%, compared to a general average of 44%.
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