We
passed
the
bar
exam!’
The
2024
administration
of
the
bar
exam
may
be
in
the
rearview
mirror,
but
now
we’ve
got
some
interesting
data
on
which
law
schools
came
out
on
top
when
it
came
to
their
graduates’
pass
rates.
As
noted
by
Reuters,
the
American
Bar
Association
recently
released
information
concerning
bar
exam
outcomes
for
the
nearly
200
law
schools
it
accredits.
The
pass
rate
for
first-time
test
takers
inched
up
to
about
83%
in
2024,
an
increase
over
2023’s
79%
first-time
pass
rate.
This
is
the
highest
first-time
pass
rate
since
2020,
when
the
pandemic
wreaked
havoc
upon
test
takers
nationwide.
But
which
law
schools
truly
did
the
best
on
the
bar
exam?
Here
are
some
additional
details:
The
eight
schools
with
the
highest
2024
first-time
pass
rates
are
all
in
the
so-called
T-14
—
the
14
highest
ranked
schools
according
to
U.S.
News
&
World
Report.
But
three
Texas
law
schools
outside
the
T-14
landed
among
the
15
schools
with
the
highest
2024
pass
rates.
According
to Reuters,
these
are
the
15
law
schools
that
were
a
cut
above
the
rest
when
it
came
to
their
2024
first-time
bar
exam
pass
rates:
-
Harvard:
97.86% -
Duke:
97.48% -
Chicago:
97.42% -
NYU:
96.72% -
Penn:
96.70% -
Stanford:
96.50% -
Yale:
96.50% -
Cornell:
96.41% -
Texas
A&M:
95.98% -
Columbia:
95.85% -
Texas:
95.62% -
Michigan:
95.57% -
Belmont:
95.00% -
UVA:
94.98% -
Baylor:
94.92%
For
reference,
the
T14
law
schools
that
didn’t
make
the
list
here
are
UCLA
(94.23%),
Georgetown
(92.95%),
Northwestern
(91.80%),
and
UC
Berkeley
(91.16%).
Congratulations
to
all
of
the
law
schools
that
made
the
list!
These
US
law
schools
crushed
the
bar
exam
in
2024
[Reuters]
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