Bar Pass Rates Dropping

Bar exam results from around the country are beginning to trickle in and the results are far from encouraging. The results from July 2014 were the lowest in recent memory, but many had hoped that the drop would prove to be only an aberration. This does not appear to be the case.

Bar exam results from around the country are beginning to trickle in and the results are far from encouraging. The results from July 2014 were the lowest in recent memory, but many had hoped that the drop would prove to be only an aberration.

This does not appear to be the case.

The first February bar exam results that have posted (listed below) show across the board drops from the already-low scores of last February.

So now the real question is:

How much longer will law students continue to stick with the major bar review companies that can’t seem to get them to pass?

Kansas, -4 points (February 2014: 86%; February 2015: 82%)

Kentucky, -7 points (February 2014: 77%; February 2015: 70%)

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Illinois, about -5 points (February 2014: 75%*)

North Carolina, -13 points (February 2014: 56%; February 2015: 43%)

North Dakota, -7 points (February 2014: 62%; February 2015: 55%)

Oklahoma, -3 points (February 2014: 70%; February 2015: 67%)

Oregon, -2 points (February 2014: 66%; February 2015: 64%)

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Pennsylvania, -4 points (February 2014: 57%; February 2015: 53%)

West Virginia, -2 points (February 2014: 70%; February 2015: 68%)

List from (http://excessofdemocracy.com/blog/2015/4/here-we-go-again-february-2015-bar-pass-rates-down-over-last-year)

 

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