Debate: Is the Bar Too Low to Get Into Law School?
An increasing number of law students have failed the bar exam in recent years.

Claim: The bar is too low to get into law school
Reason: Law schools are passing too many students to increase revenue leaving only the bar exam to weed out those not suited to practice.
Warrant 0: the bar exam is doing a good job keeping the unqualified out
Warrant 1: the bar exam is doing a bad job keeping the unqualified out
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: The bar is too low to get into law school
Reason: Too many lawyers are getting through law school and the can't find jobs.
Warrant 0: this is not a failure of the job market  but rather law school admissions
Warrant 1: this is a failure of the job market rather than law school admissions
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: The bar is too low to get into law school
Reason: For profit law schools is responsible for the lowered bar exam expectations.
Warrant 0: your score on the bar exam is not a strong indicator on your success as a lawyer
Warrant 1: your score on the bar exam is a strong indicator on your success as a lawyer
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: The bar is not too low to get into law school
Reason: I attended a night school and if the ABA raised the bar I wouldn't have a California license.
Warrant 0: no one in their right mind would hier me as a lawyer
Warrant 1: I am a good lawyer
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: The bar is too low to get into law school
Reason: Too many lawyers are getting through law school and the can't find jobs.
Warrant 0: finding a job is not a problem for the talented and knowledgeable
Warrant 1: finding a job shouldn't be a problem for the talented and knowledgeable
Correct warrant: 1

Claim: The bar is too low to get into law school
Reason: Law schools have become money machines with the quality of teaching plummeting.
Warrant 0: students struggle to get a quality education and access to legal jobs at lower quality schools
Warrant 1: students still get a quality education and access to legal jobs even at lower quality schools
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: The bar is too low to get into law school
Reason: Law schools have become money machines with the quality of teaching plummeting.
Warrant 0: we still seem to be getting a lot of lawyers that are only okay
Warrant 1: we still seem to be getting a lot of ok lawyers
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: The bar is too low to get into law school
Reason: Law schools have become money machines with the quality of teaching plummeting.
Warrant 0: lawyers will not weed themselves out once they are in the profession
Warrant 1: lawyers will weed themselves out once they are in the profession because if they are no good at their job they won't get clients
Correct warrant: 0

Claim: The bar is too low to get into law school
Reason: For profit law schools is responsible for the lowered bar exam expectations.
Warrant 0: they make money when people fail the exam
Warrant 1: they make money when people pass the exam
Correct warrant: 0