Florida Bar Exam Passage Rates Fall With July Online Test (1)

Sept. 21, 2021, 6:31 PM UTCUpdated: Sept. 21, 2021, 8:29 PM UTC

The passage rate for the July bar exam in Florida fell to 44%—down three percentage points from the most-comparable test results held two years earlier.

The passage rate for the 3,343 total online test takers compares with the 47% who passed in July 2019. A similar percentage, 47.4%, passed the October 2020 test, which was delayed because of the pandemic and concerns over technological problems.

Florida also reported that a lower percentage of first-time bar exam takers passed the test two months ago—71.6%—when compared with July 2019—73.9%.

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