Over 60,000 aspiring attorneys take the bar exam every year, but not all of them pass. But what are the bar exam pass rates, and how hard is it, really? In this guide, I’ll outline the trends and ...

Despite very high pass rates, the bar exam is one of the most challenging professional ventures you can take. In 2024, the national average pass rate for first-time test takers from ABA-accredited law ...

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Pass rates on the February 2025 bar exam skyrocketed for students of California-accredited law schools, with success percentages at some campuses increasing by five- or even 10-fold, according to ...

Kim Kardashian is one step closer to becoming a lawyer. (And, no, we’re not talking about her role on Ryan Murphy’s new show, All’s Fair.) After passing the “baby bar” exam in December 2021 and the ...

May 15 - The State Bar of California said on Wednesday that a number of scoring errors had occurred on its February bar exam — the latest black eye for the disastrous test plagued by logistical and ...

John Gardiner Pieper passed away peacefully at his home on May 27, 2026, after a years-long battle with cancer. Over the ...