Reuters
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The third time is the charm in New York college entrance exam for Kei Komuro, a law clerk at the law firm Lowenstein Sandler and husband of Princess Mako of Japan.
Komuro’s name appeared on New York’s July list of bar exam passers published on October 20, after the Japanese press criticized him for not passing the bar exam on October 20. July 2021 and February 2022.
He beats the odds as a repeat test-taker – just 23% of more than 1,600 people took the July exam after failing at least once, according to statistics from the Judiciary Council. New York. The pass rate of those who took the exam for the first time in July was 75%.
Komuro has been an object of enchantment and stalking in his native Japan for many years, partly due to his background as a commoner. Princess Mako, the granddaughter of Emperor Naruhito who is now known as Mako Komuro, is no longer a member of the royal family following the couple’s October 2021 marriage.
Komuro graduated with a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Fordham University Law School in May 2021 and has been working as a law clerk at Lowenstein Sandler’s New York headquarters for the past year – a designation firm typically reserved for employees. New members have not yet passed the entrance exam.
His success in the latest qualifying exam paved the way for him to be elevated to an associate at Lowenstein, although the company did not respond to a request Monday for clarification on his current status. his. Komuro, who works on the company’s corporate and technology teams, also did not respond to a request for comment.
With more than 300 attorneys, Lowenstein Sandler is the 140th largest law firm in the country and ranks 103rd in US law firm revenue with $392 million in 2021, according to Lawyers of America.
College exam preparation tutors say the test is especially difficult for non-native English speakers. The pass rate for foreign-trained lawyers, or LL.M, was 44% in July. Komuro began her US legal studies with an LL.M. in 2017 before transferring to the JD program. The first-time bar exam pass rate among Fordham’s 2021 JDs is 94%.
Those who pass July’s bar exam are expected to be officially admitted to the New York bar on January 11.
