The six-year national slide in bar exam pass rates looks to be at an end.

All but a handful of jurisdictions have announced their results for the July exam, and the vast majority posted modest gains in their overall pass rates while a smaller number saw pass rate increases of 7 percentage points or more. That’s a welcome change for legal educators, who have been trying for years to reverse the decline in bar passers.

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