How hard is it to pass a lawyers bar exam?
Here’s a link that will give you the passage rate for the last few bar exams. It appears that the passage rate is in the seventy percent range which marks it as being mid-range in difficulty. http://www.wsba.org/lawyers/licensing/barexam.htm Here is what you need to remember about bar exams. They ask theory, not practical knowledge. The day that a lawyer passes his or her first bar exam, his or her theoretical knowledge is slowly turned into practical knowledge. One never forgets the theory entirely, but you don’t visit it as often as you did as a law student. As you get older, your brain begins to function differently. Bar exams are designed for young people who fast moving, immature minds. Someone over forty will be at a disadvantage in taking the bar exam, all other things being equal. Finally, most people who take and pass the bar exam the first time are law students who have just spent three academic ye
