Jurisdictions reported 60,784 persons taking the bar examination in 2020, with an overall pass rate of 61%. The overall pass rate for the 19,409 February 2020 exam takers reported by jurisdictions was 41%; the overall pass rate for the 41,375 July 2020 exam takers reported by jurisdictions was 71%. In 2020, 4% of examinees were graduates of non-ABA-approved law schools, with a pass rate of 24%; 9% of examinees were graduates of law schools outside the USA, with a pass rate of 38%.

See the 2020 Statistics for data reported by jurisdictions on the February and July administrations of the bar examination—including breakdowns by source of legal education, first-timer and repeater status, and more—as well as national score distributions, examinee counts, and mean scaled scores for the Multistate Bar Examination (MBE) ...

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