Monday, September 16, 2019
July 2019 Florida Bar Exam Results: Florida International Is #1 For 5th Year In A Row
The July 2019 Florida bar passage rates by school are out. The overall pass rate for first-time takers is 73.9%, up 6.7 percentage points from last year. For the fifth year in a row, Florida International is #1. Here are the results for the 11 Florida law schools, along with each school's U.S. News ranking (Florida and overall):
Bar Pass Rank (Rate) |
School |
US News Rank FL (Overall) |
1 (95.7%) |
Florida Int'l |
4 (91) |
2 (87.9%) |
Florida |
1 (31) |
3 (86.8%) |
Florida State |
2 (48) |
4 (80.8%) |
Miami |
3 (67) |
5 (77.6%) |
Stetson |
5 (108) |
6 (71.4%) |
St. Thomas |
Tier 2 |
7 (71.0%) |
Florida Coastal |
Tier 2 |
8 (65.9%) |
Nova |
Tier 2 |
9 (61.1%) |
Florida A&M |
Tier 2 |
10 (57.8%) |
Barry |
Tier 2 |
11 (52.6%) |
Ave Maria |
Tier 2 |
- Daily Business Review, FIU is No. 1 With Nearly 96% Passage Rate on July Bar Exam
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FIU's amazing bar pass success proves that legal education reform works. If the 91st ranked law school in U.S. News can be tops in the Florida bar five years straight, any law school can improve their bar pass success using similar techniques and discontinuing those techniques that have proven ineffective.
Posted by: Scott Fruehwald | Sep 16, 2019 2:27:43 PM