When looking closer at the first -
time bar taker rates, Cleveland - Marshall took the top spot with 82 percent passing.
Now, the standard considers first -
time bar takers, statewide score averages and five - year «ultimate» bar passage rates.
Not exact matches
This permitted them to be counted as «second -
time» test -
takers when they did take the
bar, preventing their scores from being reported, the lawsuit says.
According to the lawsuit, the school's February 2018 Florida
bar passage rate was 62.1 percent for first -
time test
takers.
Elizabeth Olson of the New York
Times reports that the
bar exam as a professional standard «is facing a new round of scrutiny — not just from the test
takers but from law school deans and some state legal establishments.»
Results coming out of California for the July 2015
bar exam certainly make one wonder, as the pass rate hits a 30 - year low of 46.6 % overall, and only 60 % for first -
time takers.
The statewide
bar passage rate average for first -
time test
takers was approximately 62 %.
For UCLA Law graduates taking the July 2016 New York
Bar Exam, the passage rate was 91.6 % for first -
time test
takers.