Podcast: More details on how the California Bar Exam is graded

October 31, 2024

BAR EXAM TOOLBOX — Today we’re sharing Part 2 of our conversation with Jennifer Barry — a tutor on the Bar Exam Toolbox team who’s a former California bar exam grader. This time, we’re focusing on avoiding common mistakes that examinees make.

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University at Buffalo Law celebrates bar exam pass rate of graduates

October 31, 2024

UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO SCHOOL OF LAW — UB School of Law graduates know how to rally, and the results from July’s New York State Bar Exam confirm it. 87.41 percent of first-time UB Law test takers passed the rigorous exam—an increase of 1.93% from July of 2023.

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Cooley Law professors Matthew Marin and Brad Charles aid in AccessLex initiative to create prep materials for the NextGen Bar Exam

October 30, 2024

COOLEY LAW SCHOOL — Cooley Law School is among seven law schools participating in the research and development of AccessLex Institute’s Building Bar Skills Modules to bridge the gap between standard methods of legal education and future approaches of legal training to prepare law schools for the NextGen bar exam.

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University of Georgia Law celebrates bar pass rate of graduates 

October 30, 2024

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA SCHOOL OF LAW — For the 11th consecutive year, University of Georgia School of Law graduates have led the state in the Georgia bar exam passage rate. UGA Law graduates who sat for the July 2024 exam posted the highest rate for first-time takers among the state’s law schools and exceeded the

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Hofstra Law celebrates bar pass rate of graduates

October 30, 2024

HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY LAW NEWS — Graduates from Hofstra University’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law who took the New York State Bar Exam for the first time in July 2024 achieved an 82% pass rate. This represents Hofstra Law’s best results for first-time takers since 2013 and a 3% increase over last year’s New York

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New York Bar Exam sees rise in bar pass rates for July 2024 exam

October 28, 2024

REUTERS — New York has joined the growing number of states posting a higher pass rate on the July 2024 bar exam, with 69% of examinees passing its attorney licensing exam.

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California Supreme Court approves proposal to create new bar exam

October 28, 2024

REUTERS — The California Supreme Court on Tuesday approved a controversial plan by the state bar to switch to a new lawyer licensing exam that will be delivered both remotely and in-person at test centers starting in February.

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California State Bar approves proposal to give bar exam test takers score incentive for testing new exam

October 28, 2024

CALIFORNIA COURTS NEWSROOM — The California Supreme Court on Tuesday approved a State Bar of California proposal to provide bar applicants an incentive for a study being held on Nov. 8 and Nov. 9 that will pretest experimental multiple-choice exam questions developed by Kaplan, Inc. Participants in those studies may increase their chances of passing a future

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New California Bar Exam to allow remote and out-of-state testing 

October 24, 2024

BLOOMBERG LAW — Out-of-state applicants will be able to take the California bar exam remotely and at test centers in other states, according to a proposal the state bar approved Friday.

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July 2024 Texas Bar Exam pass rate rises over previous year

October 24, 2024

LAW.COM — The overall pass rate for the July 2024 Texas Bar Exam was 74.5%, reflecting an improvement over the 71% pass rate for the July 2023 exam and the 48.2% pass rate for the February 2024 exam.

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