What is the pass rate of california bar exam results?
2008 California Bar Exam Results The results of the most recent California bar exam were announced last Friday. This year, the examiners let 61.7 percent pass — the highest pass rate since 1997. So, if you passed (in California or elsewhere), congratulations. In other California bar exam news, you may recall that this was the year that the test, which God apparently felt was not stressful enough, was interrupted in southern California by the Chino Hills earthquake east of L.A. But those who believe their test scores may have been affected by [disruption/terror/heart problems/being crushed by something] due to the quake are not likely to get a favorable reception from the State Bar. The Bar, it appears, quickly responded to the quake by retaining experts in statistics to determine, statistically, whether or not the quake had affected any test results. They analyzed whether the candidates at southern California test centers had generally lower average scores on that morning’s questions
The Committee of Bar Examiners announced last month that 61.7 percent of those who took the bar exam in July passed. If the 5,330 successful test takers satisfy other requirements for admission, they will become members of the State Bar, bringing the number of California lawyers to almost 223,000. The pass rate for the July exam has been steadily rising since July 2004, when it hit a low point of 48.2 percent. It was 48.8 percent the following year, 51.8 in 2006 and 56.1 percent last year. The rate is the highest since 62.9 in 1997. Preliminary statistical analyses showed that of the 8,637 applicants who took the exam in July, 72.4 percent were first-timers. The pass rate for repeaters was 27 percent. The results also showed that students who attended an ABA-accredited law school in California and took the exam the first time had the best chance of passing — 83 percent — followed by out-of-state ABA-accredited schools (75 percent). Students who attended California-accredited schools ha
