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State Bar & Bar Associations

May 20, 2009

February Bar Pass Rate Dips to Seven-Year Low

Despite an extremely successful run this past July, test takers who sat for the California bar exam in February logged the lowest pass rate in seven years.

By Amy Yarbrough
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Despite an extremely successful run this past July, test takers who sat for the bar exam in February logged the lowest pass rate in seven years.

Of the 4,084 applicants who took the test three months ago, just 33.5 percent passed, according to results released late last week by the State Bar's Committee of Bar Examiners. The last time the success rate was that low for a February exam was...

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