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In this first installment of The Big Fail, a series focused on the high percentage of law graduates failing the bar and the impact on law schools and the legal profession, The Recorder affiliate ...
As part of Law.com's series on the high rate of bar exam failure, we examine the steps law schools are taking to fix the problem. The Big Fail Part II: Law Schools Clamber to Raise Bar Pass Rates ...
The passage rate was about 10 points lower than the result of 52.6% in July 2022, where 50 of 95 graduates were successful. Bar exams generally are offered twice a year, including in Florida.
According to UMKC School of Law's official 2017 ABA-required disclosures, 74.07% of the Class of 2017 obtained full-time, long-term, bar passage required ten months after graduation. [14] The same 2017 ABA-required disclosures reports that 89.62% of the Class of 2017 obtained bar passage required or J.D. advantage positions. [14]
The law school also has a historical bar passage rate around 90.8%, which is higher than the Missouri state average of 86%. [6] At graduation, roughly half of its students have secured employment for after the bar; 9 months after graduation around 95% of all students are employed. [6]
Non-ABA approved law schools have much lower bar passage rates than ABA-approved law schools, [15] and do not submit or disclose employment outcome data to the ABA. In addition, individual state legislatures or bar examiners may maintain a separate approval system, which is open to non-ABA accredited schools.
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In 2023, the overall bar examination passage rate for the law school’s first-time examination takers was 66.67%. The Ultimate Bar Pass Rate, which the ABA defines as the passage rate for graduates who sat for bar examinations within two years of graduating, was 89.29% for the class of 2021. [7]