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The MSLAW bar passage rate for February 2024 first-time Massachusetts bar takers was 73% (19 of 26 students passed), [4] outperforming the state average of 65% from all Massachusetts law schools. [7] For MSLAW February 2024 Total Examinees, 28 out of 72 students passed the Massachusetts bar for a 38.9% pass rate. [4]
The bar examination is generally administered over two days (in some cases, three days). [17] In most jurisdictions, it is administered twice a year, in February and July. [1] Bar examinations in all but two jurisdictions in the United States use some examination component created by the National Conference of Bar Examiners (NCBE).
UMass Law's July 2018 Massachusetts first-time bar passage rate was 92.6%, the third highest passage rate of the Massachusetts law schools. [28] [29] The 2017 first-time bar passage rate for all jurisdictions was 72.7%, and the 2017 first-time bar passage rate for the Massachusetts Bar exam was 75.6%.
Of the 2,289 people who took Florida's bar examination for the first time this July, 1,754 passed, or 76.6%. ... Breakdown of July 2024 Florida bar exam results, first time takers.
In 2023, the overall bar examination passage rate for the law school’s first-time examination takers was 87.70%. The Ultimate Bar Pass Rate, which the ABA defines as the passage rate for graduates who sat for bar examinations within two years of graduating, was 98.16% for the class of 2021. [3]
Suffolk University Law School (also known as Suffolk Law School) is the private, non-sectarian law school of Suffolk University located in downtown Boston, across the street from the Boston Common and the Freedom Trail, two blocks from the Massachusetts State House, and a short walk to the financial district.
Admission to the bar in the United States is the granting of permission by a particular court system to a lawyer to practice law in the jurisdiction. Each U.S. state and jurisdiction (e.g. territories under federal control) has its own court system and sets its own rules and standards for bar admission.
The Portia School of Law started informally in 1908 when Arthur W. MacLean (1880–1943), a graduate of the Boston University School of Law and a professor at Suffolk University Law School, agreed to tutor two young women who were studying for the Massachusetts bar examination. At the time, few options were available to women seeking a legal ...