July 2018 New York Bar Exam Results: NYU #1

The July 2018 New York bar passage rates by law school are out. Here are the results for first time test takers for the 15 New York ABA-approved law schools, along with each school's U.S. News ranking (New York and overall).

Bar Pass Rank (Rate)	School	US News Rank NY (Overall)
1 (98.4%)	NYU	2 (6)
2 (98.3%)	Columbia	1 (5)
3 (94.1%)	Cornell	3 (13)
4 (89.1%)	Fordham	4 (37)
5 (86.7%)	St. John's	6 (83)
6 (83.5%)	Syracuse	8 (88)
83.0%	Statewide Average
7 (80.5%)	Cardozo	5 (56)
8 (75.9%)	Albany	9 (106)
9 (73.8%)	CUNY	13 (125)
10 (72.3%)	Brooklyn	6 (83)
11 (70.2%)	SUNY-Buffalo	9 (106)
12 (65.9%)	Pace	13 (125)
13 (64.1%)	New York Law School	11 (110)
14 (62.0%)	Hofstra	11 (110)
15 (48.6%)	Touro	15 (Tier 2)

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