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 (MBE) and the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE), and national score distributions and scores earned and transferred by jurisdiction for the Uniform Bar Examination (UBE).
