The American Bar Association has tightened its bar-pass standard for law schools.

The ABA’s Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar voted Friday to implement a new standard, which goes into effect immediately, that requires at least 75% of a law school’s graduates to pass the bar within two years of leaving campus in order to retain accreditation. Schools previously had five years to meet the 75% threshold.

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