HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE, LEGAL EDUCATION EDITION: UC-Hastings Dean: The California Bar Exam Flunks Too Many Law School Graduates. On the one hand, yes, California’s bar pass rate is absurdly low, and it’s that way purely as a barrier to entry, protecting California lawyers from competition. On the other hand, California law school deans didn’t care much until it started imperiling the flow of warm, tuition-paying bodies to their institutions. . . .