Jurisdictions reported 64,833 persons taking the bar examination in 2021, with an overall pass rate of 60%. The overall pass rate for the 17,967 February 2021 exam takers reported by jurisdictions was 48%; the overall pass rate for the 46,866 July 2021 exam takers reported by jurisdictions was 64%. In 2021, 4% of examinees were graduates of non-ABA-approved law schools, with a pass rate of 25%; 11% of examinees were graduates of law schools outside the USA, with a pass rate of 28%.

See the 2021 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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