Jurisdictions reported 70,436 persons taking the bar examination in 2024, with an overall pass rate of 61%. The overall pass rate for the 19,816 February 2024 exam takers reported by jurisdictions was 43%; the overall pass rate for the 50,620 July 2024 exam takers reported by jurisdictions was 68%. In 2024, 4% of examinees were graduates of non-ABA-approved law schools, with a pass rate of 23%; 13% of examinees were graduates of law schools outside the USA, with a pass rate of 34%.

See the 2024 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 (...

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