Jurisdictions reported 62,951 persons taking the bar examination in 2022, with an overall pass rate of 59%. The overall pass rate for the 17,080 February 2022 exam takers reported by jurisdictions was 45%; the overall pass rate for the 45,871 July 2022 exam takers reported by jurisdictions was 64%. In 2022, 4% of examinees were graduates of non-ABA-approved law schools, with a pass rate of 20%; 12% of examinees were graduates of law schools outside the USA, with a pass rate of 36%.

See the 2022 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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