July 2024 Florida Bar Exam Results: For The First Time In Ten Years, Florida International Is Not #1

The July 2024 Florida bar passage rates by school are out. For the first time in ten years, Florida International not is #1—they are #2 by 0.1 percentage point. Here are the results for the 12 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 (90.6%)	Florida	1 (28)
2 (90.5%)	Florida Int'l	3 (68)
3 (87.4%)	Florida State	2 (48)
4 (85.1%)	Miami	4 (82)
5 (83.0%)	St. Thomas	7 (172)
6 (77.9%)	Stetson	5 (98)
7 (75.3%)	Barry	Tier 2
8 (71.6%)	Nova	Tier 2
9 (71.4%)	Ave Maria	6 (161)
10 (67.2%)	Florida A&M	Tier 2
11 (51.6%)	Thomas Cooley	Tier 2
12 (0.0%)	Florida Coastal	N/R

• Daily Business Review, 'It's a Great Day to Be a Gator Lawyer': UF Takes Top Spot on Bar Exam
• Law360, Florida Bar Exam's July Pass Rate Beats Pre-Pandemic Totals
• Tallahassee Democrat, Results Released for July 2024 Bar Exam in Florida: Which Schools Made the Grade?

Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:

• July 2019 Florida Bar Exam Results: Florida International Is #1 For 5th Year In A Row (Sept. 16, 2019)
• How Does FIU Law School Do It? (Oct. 24, 2019)
• Five Law Schools With Top Bar Pass Rates Share Their Secrets (Nov. 8, 2019)
• Florida International Law School: An Unexpected Bar Passage Leader (Jan. 30, 2020)
• Law School Rankings By Bar Exam Overperformance (Feb. 19, 2020)
• Law School Rankings By Ultimate Bar Passage Rates (Feb. 20, 2020)
• High 1L Attrition And 2L Transfer Rates Contribute To Florida International's Over Performance On The Bar Exam (Aug. 31, 2020)
• Attrition And Bar Performance (Sept. 14, 2020)
• The Best Law Schools For Passing The Bar Exam (Feb. 1, 2021)
• July 2021 Florida Bar Exam Results: Florida International Is #1 For 7th Year In A Row (Sept. 21, 2021)
• An Analysis Of The Efficacy Of The Bar Passage Program At Florida International Law School (June 1, 2022)
• Are Law Schools Raising Their Attrition And Transfer Rates To Boost Their Bar Exam Pass Rates? (Aug. 22, 2022)
• July 2022 Florida Bar Exam Results: Florida International Is #1 For 8th Year In A Row (Sept. 20, 2022)
• Law School Rankings By 2022 First-Time Bar Passage Rate (Mar. 2, 2023)
• Law School Rankings By Ultimate Bar Passage Rate (2020) (Mar. 3, 2023) 
• July 2023 Florida Bar Exam Results: Florida International Is #1 For 9th Year In A Row (Sept. 19, 2024)