In our previous post we discussed the Blinded by Science series’ essential thesis, that other…

In August of 2020, an author published Blinded by Science? A Reexamination of the Bar Ninja and Silver Bullet Bar Program Cryptids.  The first of three articles analyzing FIU Law’s Academic Excellence Program ("AEP") and its methods, Blinded by Science contended that:  (1) transfers and attritions, and not teaching students the science of learning, constituted a significant cause of FIU Law's bar pass rate; and (2) the AEP overstated the impact of our academic support measures upon those rates. 

After many months of remaining silent as we prepare a more extensive rebuttal, the recent release of a third article prompts us to address the matter, if only in this truncated fashion.  Our conclusion, which we articulate in the second post, will surprise the reader.

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