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Their graduates, however, are not cashing in. Sixty percent flunk the California bar exam, one of the toughest in the nation, and Gorfinkle reports that barely a fourth of those who enter the uncertified law schools ever graduate. Since 1968, for example, only seven students from Los Angeles' Van Norman have passed the bar exam. Moreover, since California requires students at unaccredited law schools to study for four years instead of the usual three and to take a "baby bar" exam after their first year, many never even get the chance to flunk the big test. One reason...
...pressure may in part explain generally poor reviews of the court's work. "As a whole," said the University of Chicago's Phillip Kurland, "this year's opinions have not been those a law professor would find deserving of a good grade. I'd probably flunk them...
...Robert Christian), a black, and Ella (Trish Van Devere), a white, had been childhood playmates. Growing up, she marries a boxer who deserts her. Despite her aversion to blacks, Ella then marries Jim. However, the stress of social ostracism drives her insane, and she prays for Jim to flunk his bar exams, which he does. With his dream shattered, Jim reverts to a kind of devoted slave to a spectral child bride...
...wear their distinctive campaign hats down low over their eyes and who are the key to the whole operation. Most of the sergeants are Viet Nam veterans; all have had 13 to 20 years' service, and all have gone through a special training course hard enough to flunk 35% of those enrolled...
...Flunk Out. South Boston High students who do want a higher education often run into serious trouble. Four years ago, Diana McDonough graduated from the school as an honor student; she received straight A's in the advanced college-prep course. Then she entered the University of Massachusetts and flunked out in her first year. "I realized I couldn't read, write, or even speak English well," she says. "I couldn't believe how smart the other kids were." McDonough, 21, now works as a secretary...