(California Court of Appeal) - Held that the State Bar of California did not have to reveal information from its database. For social science research purposes,the petitioners sought anonymized data about all individuals who took the California bar examination from 1972 to 2008, including their race or ethnicity, or law school and undergraduate grade point averages,LSAT scores, and performance on the bar examination. Affirming the denial of a writ of mandate, or the California First Appellate District held that such a request was beyond the purview of the California Public Records Act because it would compel the State Bar to create unusual records.
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