THE BIG FAIL:  WHY BAR PASS RATES HAVE SUNK TO RECORD LOWS”:  Glenn linked to this article yesterday and pointed out the the biggest problem is the decline in law students’ entering academic credentials. I can only add what I hope is obvious: Assuming the credentials decline is the same across racial groups (and I believe it is), the lower the bar passage rate, the more problematic race-preferential admissions (and the problem of mismatch) will be.