Bar Pass Rates Are Up. Is the Worst Over?
New York, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Virginia are among the many jurisdictions celebrating higher pass rates on the July 2019 bar exam. But it's not certain if the results signal a larger turnaround in bar passage.
October 29, 2019 at 05:46 AM
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The six-year slide in bar exam pass rates looks to be at an end.
All but a handful of jurisdictions have thus far announced their results for the July 2019 exam, and the vast majority posted modest gains in their overall pass rates while a smaller number saw pass rate increases of 7% or more. That's a welcome change for legal educators, who have been trying for years to reverse the decline in bar passers.
"Up is the right direction," said Kyle McEntee, executive director of Law School Transparency. "For any schools that have figured out how to increase bar pass rates for their students most at-risk of failing the bar, I hope they share their methods far and wide for study."
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