SACRAMENTO—The California Supreme Court has declined to temporarily lower the score needed to pass the state bar exam despite pleas from lawmakers and the deans of dozens of law schools.

Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye on Thursday told Democratic members of the Assembly Judiciary Committee that the court “lacks a fully developed analysis with supporting evidence” needed to justify reducing the state’s long-time passing, or “cut,” score of 144.

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