Here's Who Passed the July 2022 Bar Exam | The Recorder (2024)

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Can you see who took the bar exam? ›

Some jurisdictions are known to publicly post the names of those who pass the bar exam. Notable jurisdictions that do this include California, New York, and Texas. Other jurisdictions, like Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Massachusetts, prefer to keep the names of passers private.

Is The California Bar Exam Hard? Yes, the California bar exam is widely considered to be the most difficult of all state bar exams in the US. The California bar exam has a pass rate of 34%.

Nearly 1,400 aspiring attorneys sat for the July 2023 exam, with 71.38% hitting or surpassing the minimum passing score of 272 compared with July 2022's passage rate of 67.65%, according to data published by the Pennsylvania Board of Law Examiners.

Passage rates overall are generally around the 65-70% range, more or less. Typically about 2/3 to 3/4 of exam takers are first-time takers; usually less for the February bar. When you break it down by first-time pass rates vs. subsequent takers, first-time rates generally are between 70–75%.

The bar exam is difficult, so it is not easy to pass without at least some experience. Working as a legal apprentice may give you some knowledge you need to be able to pass, but you will probably have to study the materials provided, which can take a lot of time.

There are only a handful of states that do not post a public list of bar exam results to let the world know whether or not you passed the bar exam.

Overall, Utah is the easiest bar exam to pass. This is true whether you are a first-time taker or repeat taker! In July 2023, Utah had a 94% pass rate for first time takers and a 73% pass rate for repeat takers. It also has the lowest UBE cut score of 260.

The Bar Exam is often considered more challenging than the NCLEX due to its comprehensive coverage of intricate legal subjects and a lower average pass rate of around 60%. Conversely, the NCLEX concentrates on nursing principles and boasts a higher average pass rate of approximately 80%.

Alabama, Missouri, Minnesota, New Mexico, and North Dakota all have the lowest minimum passing score for the Uniform Bar Exam, at 260. While these states enjoy the lowest grade to pass, it does not reflect their difficulty or challenges.

Is the February or July bar exam easier? ›

So, it's official, the February bar exam is not harder than July. But the experience of studying for and taking the exam is different in several other ways. If you're aware of these differences, then you can be prepared for (and even take advantage of) them!

The vast majority of law school graduates, 85 percent, take the bar exam once, according to a study by the National Conference of Bar Examiners that looked at data over five years. About 9 percent took the test twice. Less than 1 percent took the exam more than five times. A few refused to give up.

Kennedy earned a Juris Doctor degree from the New York University School of Law in 1989. He then failed the New York bar exam twice before passing on his third try in July 1990. After failing the exam for a second time Kennedy vowed that he would continue to take it until he was ninety-five years old or passed.

There are probably on the order of 150,000 law school graduates in the United States who have taken but never passed a bar exam; this amounts to one in ten J.D.s and the risk falls disparately on black, Hispanic, and Asian law school graduates.

Its demographics show the average age of attorneys admitted to the state bar was 31 in 2022.

Each time a candidate takes the bar exam, the result becomes a part of the public record. Though failing the exam multiple times doesn't prohibit someone from practicing law once they pass, it might be something prospective employers consider during the hiring process.

This information is available to the public. Applicant names who are not yet eligible to be admitted to practice but who passed the bar exam will also be listed but with an asterisk next to their name. The Board of Law Examiners posts a public list of bar exam passers on their webpage.

Let me start off by saying, you never have to tell anyone you failed the bar. Not ever. You don't have to tell a prospective employer, you don't have to tell your parents, friends, family or any strangers you come by. This can always and forever be your secret.

The results are listed by each applicant's anonymous Bar Applicant File Number. No names are used in this list and test questions are not released. Neither the Florida Supreme Court nor the Bar Examiners ever publicly release how applicants rank on their exam scores compared to other applicants.